O’Bierne described the typical scenario that faces many accountants: every month they have to download data from a variety of databases (accounts, sales and so on); they then spend days copying, pasting, sorting, filtering and manually re-classifying data to get it into the shape they want. Then someone will want to see a different view, [...]
Creativity is thinking of new and appropriate ideas whereas innovation is the successful implementation of those ideas within an organization. In other words creativity is the concept and innovation is the process. William Coyne, Senior Vice President for R&D at 3M This quote deals with the core of my dissertation which is about “systems to [...]
The question is “how to increase revenue with the help of social networks?”. Or to cite the title of a Harvard Business School paper: “Do friends within a social network influence online buying behaviors of others in the group?” The answer: Forget banners – make presents to the users! credit: MasterNewMedia Studies show that the [...]
Jeffrey Philipps posted: Why do we think people can immediately and effectively “think outside the box” when for their entire lives we’ve reinforced “coloring inside the lines”? credit: More4kids To my mind that’s really one of the crucial points! Most people that I would call “creative” are also not what one would call “conformed”. So [...]
I have high hopes tempered with great caution. The entrepreneurs who can capture the limited resources have the potential to do well. Shortage and adversity are powerful stimuli for focusing the mind. credit: Ricky Schmidt I think it is critical to systematically identify what I would call “downturn needs.” There are many different kinds of [...]
