Business Innovation & the Internet of Things: How Leaders Create Game-Changing Ideas Find photos below from last Friday’s Senior Executive Roundtable with MIT-technologist and best-selling author Kevin Ashton. Photos by Enrique Lopez.
This article and its corresponding photo are republished with permission from www.howtoflyahorse.com. For more from author Kevin Ashton, attend our Senior Executive Roundtable on November 20th. The secret of Steve is simple. It explains his success and excess. It exemplifies our instinct for creation. Creating is not a result of genius, unconscious incubation or aha! moments.
Kevin Ashton was a young account executive for Proctor & Gamble in the late 1990s when he noticed one shade of the company’s lipstick was never on the shelves. Curious to better understand what was happening, he dreamed of putting microchips in the tubes, so P&G could know to ship the shade as soon as
Photo: Gibson’s young workforce brings enthusiasm and humor to the team, and remains highly engaged thanks to innovative and playful programming. As Millennials (people born between the early 80s and the early 90s) enter the workforce and begin to take on leadership roles, companies are faced with a growing question of how to retain young
Last night’s Oscars ceremony is still dominating the internet with articles, photos and memes about everything from the words that were said to the gowns that were worn. If you were one of the millions of Americans who tuned in for the show, then you know this truth: it feels good to celebrate. Research shows
Merriam-Webster, the dictionary people, issues an annual “Word of the Year,” along with nine runners-up. The committee selects the top word based on an increase in look ups and use. This year’s top word is “culture.” Merriam-Webster explains the word, and their decision to put it in the number one slot, this way: Culture is a
Note: The following article is an excerpt from the Center’s new e-Book, Making Values Meaningful: A Menu of Options for Senior Leaders. Download a free, full version of the e-Book at www.cvdl.org/menu. Landing a $2 million dollar contract is a big deal in a company the size of Syncroness, a Denver-based engineering consulting firm. CEO Mike
Hurricane Haiyan, which struck the Philippines in 2013, destroyed homes and roads, making essential supplies inaccessible. Operating from across the globe, teams of volunteers used satellite images and social media to help map surviving roads and damaged infrastructure, in the process identifying locations in need of specific types of aid. One year earlier, after Hurricane
We’re paralyzed by infinite possibilities. Give yourself some intentional restrictions in life and you’ll finally get inspired to act. Restrictions will set you free. ~Derek Sivers We tend to think that a blank canvass will spark creativity. That if we remove enough barriers employees will suddenly become inspired and innovation will flourish in every
A few years ago, Ace Hardware had about 3 percent of the U.S.’s market share for paint. It represented a significant part of the organization’s overall business, but the leadership of the corporation knew they could do better. So David Ziegler, Chairman of the Board for Ace Hardware Corporation, and his team issued a challenge: