Continual Improvement: Clear the Bench
March 18, 2015The MLB World Series is in full swing, so you’ll have to forgive me if I’ve got baseball on my mind. A few weeks back, Madison Bumgarner of...
What Makes a Company Innovative?
August 28, 2015Every year, Forbes puts out a list of the top 100 most innovative companies. To determine each company’s rank, they use something they call...
How To Get More Ideas For Improvement From Your Employees
March 23, 2015There are people in your organization who know how to tackle its biggest challenges, improve customer service, expand product offering, and...
Suggestion Box Humor
July 21, 2016Have you ever noticed how often a "suggestion box" ends up as the gag in a comic strip? I've seen them set up above trap doors, attached to...
20 Things Engaged Employees Do that Disengaged Ones Don’t
April 2, 2015One of my favorite songs from the 80’s is Prince’s "Raspberry Beret." In it, among other things not well suited for this blog, he describes...
Redefining Leadership with Social Innovation
March 23, 2015If your view of leadership involves having a single person or the C-level team making decisions about what will be done, how to do it, and...
Paid Paid Vacations and More Ways Companies are Investing in Employees
March 26, 2015Full Contact is a software company that helps users manage and synchronize all of the many applications that contain contact information....
Add Some Spice to your Employee Engagement Activities
August 11, 2015If variety is the spice of life, the employee engagement activities of most companies are boiled potatoes. Sure, organizations that sponsor...
Why Business Leaders are Embracing Idea Software
April 2, 2015More and more business leaders are realizing that improvement and innovation do not happen without intent. This is leading to a rise in the...