Decision makers use it to change the current distribution of the resources on hand. Yahoo’s new CEO Marissa Mayer wrote 9 Principles of Innovation, naming ‘Data Is Apolitical’ as one of them. “Some companies think of design as an art. We think of design as a science. It doesn’t matter who is the favorite or …
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“Good design is invisible. Minimum input, maximum output, with minimal conscious thought is what screen designers focus on. We do not try to find the perfect solution but the best compromise.”–Yves Behar Tweet
Social media continues to get noisier, but within that noise are individual voices and collective passions that your organization can listen to and optimize around in order to maximize effectiveness. Leading change today does not start with shouting loudly. When the voices and audiences were few, shouting worked. Now that the voices are many and …
The people you want to reach do not want to work hard to find you. Generation C assumes that if you do not show up you must not be important to them. The easiest way to organize your digital communications is by what makes most sense to you–this is often why some organizations have five …
The assumptions with organizations is that they are created to last forever. The reality is that most for and non-profits last less than forever, and often not long at all. Digital/social media accelerates growth (Instagram sold for $1 Billion after less than 2 years of existence) as well as decline (Borders Book Stores). Value and …
Change opportunities can be seen as a virus or a vaccination. As a Virus–head over to Mucinex’s website to see this in action. Resources are applied to neutralize and destroy the change. “Mucinex In, Mucous Out.” The change itself takes the person or organization by surprise, eliciting fear. “Fight congestion, tame your cough” The response …
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Generation C will move from investing primarily in institutional education towards scalable experiences as a path to the career of their dreams. I recently participated in my first hackathon focused on re-inventing business. It was a blast. It provided an amazing scalable experience–what I learned and who I met transcended my current role, amplified my …
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The mission of your organization cannot be realized without an infrastructure to support and nourish the resources at hand. It’s easy to see social media as a marketing component (which it is), but hard to see it as as vital as electricity to operating efficiently. Because many non-profits confuse scarce resources with a scarcity mindset, …
“Companies that recognize the opportunity and reorganize for this new market are creating competitive advantage. Companies that don’t risk being left behind and losing relationships to their competitors.”–Peter Kim The opportunity to reach millions of unknown people on social media often clouds one of the most powerful opportunities–to build and maintain strong connections with the …
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“How much a company spends on innovation doesn’t matter, because what’s important is what the company spends on real breakthroughs rather than sustaining ideas.”–Better, Faster, Cheaper is Not Innovation This quote referenced Kodak’s (and many other companies) investment in R&D that improves existing technology, rather than disruptive technology. It also applies to why many efforts …
