Category Archives: Innovation

Why Does Innovation Die?

Posted on October 8, 2015 by AndrewPetrick

As a rule of thumb, most corporate innovation starts out with a bang and then dies quicker than the latest business fad. Why? One reason is that people find it easier to put forward ideas they already have than to … Continue reading →

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Innovation’s 80% Success Rate

Posted on January 30, 2015 by AndrewPetrick

Without a solid understanding of the true needs in the marketplace, innovation is a gamble. The scattershot approach is a hesitant one that allows no focus, no concentration of resources and people, no “damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!” It … Continue reading →

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Simple Works Best

Posted on November 30, 2014 by AndrewPetrick

We believe that in most cases there is no secret sauce that will produce untold success… rather it seems to us that success is found in doing the fundamentals very well. Success is a combination of (1) skill or know-how, … Continue reading →

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Disciplined Collaboration

Posted on October 2, 2014 by AndrewPetrick

Disciplined Collaboration stands on two fundamentals: (1) properly assessing when to collaborate and when not to, (2) instilling in our staff both the willingness and the ability to collaborate on the high-value projects we choose as worthy. There are three … Continue reading →

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Collaboration Defined

Posted on September 1, 2014 by AndrewPetrick

Collaboration can be defined as a cross functional meeting of the minds towards a common purpose and goal, and most importantly, towards a specific end result. By cross functional we mean people of different professions or disciplines, different departments or … Continue reading →

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The First Step to Collaboration

Posted on August 31, 2014 by AndrewPetrick

What Happens to Collaboration? If only we could cooperate together better at work, it just might be a better place to have fun and be more productive. But as we all know collaboration doesn’t come easy anywhere, anytime. Do you … Continue reading →

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Executive Search – A Key to Success

Posted on July 31, 2014 by AndrewPetrick

We can say what we like about all the bells and whistles in our company: we know our core competencies we know why our product sells so well, and how great our services are, but what really makes our company … Continue reading →

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Why Is An Innovation Standard Necessary?

Posted on June 30, 2014 by AndrewPetrick

An innovation standard can be thought of as the skeleton that the human body is built on. An innovation management standard is needed to serve as a foundational skeleton to develop an innovation management system (IMS) especially in terms of: … Continue reading →

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Why the Big Boys Fall !

Posted on May 29, 2014 by AndrewPetrick

What happens when stakeholder requirements are ignored by big companies already known for its innovation? Just being good at the moment is not enough to stay on top of an industry. New ideas must continue to be sought out and … Continue reading →

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How to Start a Hiring Conversation

Posted on April 1, 2014 by AndrewPetrick

Having a long list of special questions and top-secret interviewing techniques simply isn’t going to attract and motivate the people we actually want to hire. Rather, generating a consultative peer-to-peer (mutual colleague) discussion is going to pay dividends for us … Continue reading →

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