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Digg it UP - The New Language of Innovation
When was the last time you were bored?Today? Yesterday? Last week? Last year?And when you were bored, what did you do?Eat? Watch TV? Doodle on a piece of paper? Spend an hour on www.boredatwork.com?I haven’t been bored since college. And you know what? I’m damn proud of that. It’s consistently enabled me to accomplish more stuff, meet more cool people and have more fun.And here’s what amazes me: friends and fe
Team In line with the previous point, your management team are in fact a board.
Titles Avoid these like the plague. If you must group people, do it according to the tasks that they are carrying out
“Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.”-- Dwight D EisenhowerFrom top business executives, to people striving everyday in their communities. From traditional corporations, to the internet, “branding” has become one of the most significant marketing practices to date. We have all become accustomed to the fact that our favorite brand will consistently offer a certain level of quality.<
Sales Pitch As project become more transformational than transactional we need to be talking about creating a purpose not simply pitching an idea.
Visualisation Many of us visualise the outcome but it needs to be vocalised also. We all respond to different stimuli so the desired outcome needs to represented in as many ways as possible to engage the whole project team.
Designer/worker/engineer When you are building something new and exciting then call your team something exciting. They are all creators in their own specialist field.
Demand Demands very seldom work as intended. Create a dream and encourage others to buy in and follow it with you.
Content We all worry about the content of specifications and requirements documents. Consider the consequences of every action you take. Does it enhance the clients experience, does it add comfort, safety or fun?
Scheme/Plan Instead of cumbersome plan, create a story and storyboard to engage the team and encourage their contributions.
Project Your project needs to be run along business lines so run it like a business with your client as the major shareholder.
Team In line with the previous point, your management team are in fact a board.
Titles Avoid these like the plague. If you must group people, do it according to the tasks that they are carrying out.
Mascots are the unique dolls or puppets that help identify a sports team or a company. These carry the unique property of “Stickiness”. Your great customer support and product quality sticks only so long. You got to remind folks often that you are there alive and well waiting for the next business transaction. The cheapest and effective way is creating and promoting a mascot for your company. Television Ads could have this mascot as the central theme or as an add-on. These typically tend
Visualisation Many of us visualise the outcome but it needs to be vocalised also. We all respond to different stimuli so the desired outcome needs to represented in as many ways as possible to engage the whole project team.
Designer/worker/engineer When you are building something new and exciting then call your team something exciting. They are all creators in their own specialist field.
Demand Demands very seldom work as intended. Create a dream and encourage others to buy in and follow it with you.
Content We all worry about the content of specifications and requirements documents. Consider the consequences of every action you take. Does it enhance the clients experience, does it add comfort, safety or fun?
Scheme/Plan Instead of cumbersome plan, create a story and storyboard to engage the team and encourage their contributions.
Project Your project needs to be run along business lines so run it like a business with your client as the major shareholder.
Team In line with the previous point, your management team are in fact a board.
Titles Avoid these like the plague. If you must group people, do it according to the tasks that they are carrying out
Security metal detectors are basically used for the screening of any metallic object in security zones. Very Low Frequency or VLF technology is used in most common security metal detectors. Advanced security metal detectors use low radiation x-rays for screening. Security metal detectors are used in airport security checkpoints, prison security, courthouse security and government buildings. Security metal detectors also protect public places, schools, special events and conferences.
Demand Demands very seldom work as intended. Create a dream and encourage others to buy in and follow it with you.
Content We all worry about the content of specifications and requirements documents. Consider the consequences of every action you take. Does it enhance the clients experience, does it add comfort, safety or fun?
Scheme/Plan Instead of cumbersome plan, create a story and storyboard to engage the team and encourage their contributions.
Project Your project needs to be run along business lines so run it like a business with your client as the major shareholder.
Team In line with the previous point, your management team are in fact a board.
Titles Avoid these like the plague. If you must group people, do it according to the tasks that they are carrying out
Too often I see and hear the impact of leaders not managing what lies in front of them. Rather, they manage what they would like to see or imagine is there. The consequence is usually underperformance. Characteristics accompanying it include crisis management, poor and late decision making.When leaders manage what they would like to see, they filter and interpret data to support conclusions already made in their own mind. The Iraq war is an obvious case. People from a wide variety
Scheme/Plan Instead of cumbersome plan, create a story and storyboard to engage the team and encourage their contributions.
Project Your project needs to be run along business lines so run it like a business with your client as the major shareholder.
Team In line with the previous point, your management team are in fact a board.
Titles Avoid these like the plague. If you must group people, do it according to the tasks that they are carrying out
Like all new innovations, technology in the work environment can either work for you or against you. What is good for the employer or is not always the same for the employee.Is Technology Working FOR You or AGAINST YouWhen cellphones became available it seemed that they would fill a need for instant communication - any time, any place - that would help people be more efficient and thus save time.Then email became a mainstream method of business communication. Marvelou
Team In line with the previous point, your management team are in fact a board.
Titles Avoid these like the plague. If you must group people, do it according to the tasks that they are carrying out.
Jargon Abolish this, talking is all important to share knowledge and break down barriers. If you use technical terms, ensure they are understood by everyone.
Communicate Treat communications as if you were campaigning, make sure that everyone is convinced and understands the complex ideas that you are trying to get across.
Accomplish Do not dwell on accomplishing things. You have a dream to follow but remember if you are innovating then there will be some failures to learn from. Not accomplishing is not a disaster, you are undertaking an adventure.
Question These are damaging in large numbers. Encourage people to ask for advice or direction, not just question everything.
Doing Doing should be replaced by learning. This way you have both action and the acquisition of knowledge.
Programme Do not think linearly. You will be embarking on a journey and the path may twist and turn on the way.
Research If you are innovating you will be entering into uncharted territory on some occasions. Research cannot help you. Intuition must become part of your vocabulary.
Guideline Replace this with guidance, talking and a little intuition. No rigid procedures here!
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