creativity – ORCHANGO https://orchango.com Transform your business. Make it nimble. Mon, 29 May 2017 17:23:55 +0000 en hourly 1 https://orchango.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-orchango-logo-circles-512-512-1-32x32.png creativity – ORCHANGO https://orchango.com 32 32 Where should we locate our innovation team? https://orchango.com/where-should-we-locate-our-innovation-team/ https://orchango.com/where-should-we-locate-our-innovation-team/#_comments Mon, 11 Jan 2016 20:36:57 +0000 http://new-orchango.com.s218162.gridserver.com/wp/?p=5274 A discussion with an intrapreneur got the author to think about the pros and cons of embedding an innovation team in a tech hub or similar innovation district. Article first written for the People + Strategy blog of HRPS (USA). Also appeared on the blog of the Strategic Capability Network (Canada). Eric (not his real name) is an intrapreneur at a large Canadian company operating in the…

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]]> https://orchango.com/where-should-we-locate-our-innovation-team/feed/ 1 5274 Innovation often an excuse for inept leadership https://orchango.com/innovation-often-an-excuse-for-inept-leadership-archive/ https://orchango.com/innovation-often-an-excuse-for-inept-leadership-archive/#_comments Fri, 11 Dec 2015 19:06:49 +0000 http://new-orchango.com.s218162.gridserver.com/wp/?p=5093 From the archive – Creativity requires discipline to be effective… Opinion piece written in the fall of 2005 for Canadian HR Reporter; later republished by India’s Effective Executive magazine. —————— Innovation is back on the front burner. The dotcom bust and the corporate scandals forced corporations to focus heavily on cost cutting and governance. As a result, innovation became a lesser…

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]]> https://orchango.com/innovation-often-an-excuse-for-inept-leadership-archive/feed/ 0 5093 Change leaders, it’s OK to undermine your authority https://orchango.com/it-is-ok-to-undermine-your-authority/ https://orchango.com/it-is-ok-to-undermine-your-authority/#_comments Wed, 06 May 2015 17:45:55 +0000 http://new-orchango.com.s218162.gridserver.com/wp/?p=4508 A friend recently sent me a link to a Time.com article with a rather catchy title: “How Not to Be ‘Manterrupted’ in Meetings“. As I was reading it, I thought about the way change leaders propose new ideas; and how it can either help or hinder adoption by others. The author, Jessica Bennett, defines manterrupting as the “unnecessary interruption of a woman by a man.” To illustrate the concept…

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