Leadership Characteristics
Innovation and leadership have a lot in common. Great leaders are instinctively innovative and lead their teams to be innovative. John Ferguson, CEO of Suncor, gave a talk on leadership this past...
View ArticlePerspective – Time to Re-Evaluate Your Business’s Values
I recently traveled to Turkey and came back with a different perspective on many things including evaluating what I and the businesses I work with value. It was time for a reminder to re-evaluate...
View ArticleTechnology – NFC and Mobile Wallet for Toll bridges
The Bosphorus, in Istanbul, is a body of water that separates the city into two continents – Europe and Asia. There are two toll bridges that connect the city. A fee is only charged going from the...
View ArticleAugmented Reality In Action
I had a chance to tryout a great augmented reality advertisement two weeks ago at the Sabiha Gokcen airport in Istanbul, Turkey. The display was sponsored by Vestel and involved playing football...
View ArticleGlobalization Still Leaves Micro Economy Strong Around the World
Heading back to the city where I was born, Istanbul, Turkey, I noticed a lot of growth and change have occurred over the last 5 years since I was there. There are a lot more hotels dominating the...
View ArticleInnovation and Transformation: Doing More with Less
At GTEC (Canada’s Government Technology Exhibition and Conference), a few weeks ago, two main phrases / buzz words jumped out – innovation and transformation. In fact the title of this year’s event was...
View ArticleGreat customer service: Increases sales and longevity
As a continuation of my lessons learned from a recent trip to Istanbul, the next topic to tackle is customer service. In Turkey, for people almost every job is a career. They take pride in what they...
View Article4 Key Questions To Ask To Help Identify When To Stop Investing In An Innovation
When to close the door on innovation? When to stop investing in an innovation? Every organization and person has their own risk tolerance levels. The decision to stop pursuing an innovation depends on...
View ArticleInnovation in Broadcasting Internationally
This past week I was watching a Turkish television show online. The Turkish broadcasting industry has done a fantastic job of creating shows with high production quality that other Middle Eastern...
View ArticleIs Innovation a Top Priority In Your Organization?
Last month Spring2 Innovation was quoted in an HR Reporter, in an article titled ‘9 in 10 execs say innovation is a top priority: Survey’....
View ArticleHow do you make Innovation into a Habit?
After recently reading the Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg I started thinking about whether innovation can be turned into a habit. In organizations routines are habits. According to Duhigg, there are...
View ArticleInnovating Innovation
Innovation is a topic we hear a lot about these days. How about innovating innovation management? Dr. Sorin Cohn gave a presentation packed with information on innovation management and innovating...
View ArticleInnovation in Government
Until this week I had not realized how scary a word innovation can be to people and to organizations. There are a lot of changes going in our government these days along with downsizing so it is...
View ArticleAntiFragility in Business
Is your business and organization robust or antifragile? Antifragile is the opposite of fragile – things get stronger with increased pressure and force; robust things withstand pressure and force....
View ArticleConverting to a Product Organization
Spring2 Innovation endeavors to contribute to other organizations and blogs as part of getting the word out on innovation. Our article on how service organizations can move to product organizations is...
View ArticleHey Marketers At BlackBerry
BlackBerry has great products and fantastic people working there. Love that it is a Canadian company. There have unfortunately been a few marketing delays. If we were running BlackBerry (BB) we would...
View ArticleWhy did the innovator cross the road? To see from the other side
Looking at things from a different direction can give you a different perspective. There are things you can’t see in your business until you get further away. Have you ever been in a helicopter in the...
View ArticleMachine to Machine Today
The current state of the M2M (machine to machine) industry with cellular coverage was discussed at a recent event (Wavefront). The M2M sector is rapidly growing and will be a $14.4 Trillion industry...
View ArticleWhere do you start when looking at Commercializing R&D
Chances are, if you are in the technology field one of the first things you think of for commercializing R&D is Intellectual Property (IP). While protecting IP is important, there are a number of...
View ArticlePlanning Innovation Into 2014
It’s the beginning of the year and forecasts for the year are probably in by now or are being tweaked. The budgets are set along with projects that are priorities for the year. Are the projects being...
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