Recently I had the pleasure of hearing Jeanne Dietsch, Founder of Sapiens Plurum, speak about her personal journey in the technology field. I published a blog about it here. Two of the things that are remarkable about her story are …
Lessons in teamwork and leadership can come from anywhere, especially if you’re open to them…. At a recent Leadership New Hampshire session, we considered the teamwork lessons to be found in the principles of a string quartet. Read more….
Many organizations today recognize the benefits, as well as the necessity, of successful innovation to evolve their businesses. I’ve written previously about developing innovation from several perspectives, including: change management, providing opportunities to generate innovative ideas, and not blocking idea-generation, …
A key strategy to remaining competitive in your industry is to implement operational efficiencies, also called “process optimization.” It’s important to truly customize this initiative to your own organization, rather than simply choose a standard methodology and work to integrate …
I’ve been writing a lot lately about innovation and its importance in business. Recently at a TechWomen Power Breakfast hosted by the New Hampshire High Tech Council, I had the pleasure of seeing a presentation by Dulcie Madden, CEO and …
The science-slash-art of business process optimization provides an opportunity to engineer more productivity and time-savings from your systems while reducing waste. In truth, it requires both an objective assessment of your business — the way an outsider would see it …
I’m participating currently in Leadership New Hampshire, an initiative that annually gathers together a group of skilled individuals and provides opportunities to connect, to learn about issues facing the state in which we live, and to grow to serve our …
In 2015, a company called Stack Overflow surveyed over 26,000 developers from countries around the world and published some of the survey results. I find this particular data point troubling: In total, only 5.8% of the developers participating self-identified as …
Have you heard the phrase, “The only thing constant in life is change”? You would think with change being so constant (especially these days!), that everyone would have the process nailed. Not so. Read more ….
One of the keys to fostering innovation in your business is to keep an open mind. Leveraging disruptive innovation requires the ability to embrace different approaches to your processes to evolve them creatively as the world continues to change everywhere …