Design Thinking, an Interview with Roger Martin

What a fantastic mind, Roger is leading thought on how to reinvent education (from within). Also, I've become friends with the interviewer (Chris Taylor) through Twitter and then in NYC at a Linchpin workshop -- his company (Goose Educational Media) is doing a great job of making business books actionable -- sign up for his "In-Flight" book reviews today! From the Horse's ... Read More...

Social Media in the Corporate Environment

Great session today by @HSchoegler, @BeTheLink & @craigdcrook Here are the slides for you to share with others, as well of a list of tools that people have been tweeting in to us... Corporate Social Media View more presentations from sharetogain. Thanks to the speakers and others (@KMullet, @ScLoHo) for the resource list: mashable.com oneforty.com namechk.com social media today.com co tweet.com tweet funnel.com hoot suite.com kazle.com dandydid.org hellotxt.com hi.im twiping.com tweet about this #TQMSM Read More...

Revolution or Evolution?

(Design as an iterative process) Our culture loves the idea of revolutionary movements -- perhaps because it was the foundation of our country?  Revolutions are powerful and from time to time necessary... but it is disruptive to everyday life as it shakes foundations.  Consider an alternative -- "fast evolution", "rapid proto-typing" or "iterative design" for designing new products, services and processes.  ... Read More...

Organic Lean

by craig henderson of SysteMental It’s no secret – companies often struggle to implement Lean. In fact, according to an Industry Week article, By The Numbers: Of all firms responding to the IW/MPI Census of U.S. Manufacturers less than 20% of companies report a major increase in performance generated from improvement initiatives like Lean. A typical transition to Lean starts out just ... Read More...

Come on, have a little fun!

How can you bring a little fun into your workplace? I don't suggest work has to be a playground, but engaged employees are more productive. Try a little, try a lot -- and see if you can't see a difference. Here are some great videos to fuel the fires of creativity. Found something that's worked? Share your ideas with ... Read More...

Rapid overview of the BIG 4 of Social Media

by craig d crook Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Linkedin... how do we manage all we already are doing with what potentially feels like a waste of time?  Clifford Clarke and I did a rapid fire presentation today exploring that topic... I.D.E.A. Conference Technology, Social Media View more presentations from sharetogain. Click here to see the closing video REVOLUTION Read More...