Ranch (Photo credit: Tyrannosaurus Becs) Evolutionary, revolutionary and blended innovation all work. Each is right – for different organizations and different contexts. If you are a start up on the cutting edge with not much ranch to bet, go for it. Revolutionize the world. If you don’t, you won’t get noticed. If you are Apple [...]
Evolutionary, Revolutionary or Blended Innovation: Which is Right for Your Organization?
April 3, 2012 By 1 Comment
Twenty Four BRAVE Frameworks for a Happy New Year
December 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Happy New Year! My gift to you is 24 BRAVE frameworks that can help make your coming year happier. Headlines here. Click through to the original articles (on a combination of Forbes.com and PrimeGenesis) for more. Happiness is good – Three goods: good for others, good for me, good at it Five components of BRAVE [...]
How John Smale Changed the Business Environment for Procter & Gamble
November 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In the pantheon of signs, symbol, and stories that help people understand Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) culture, one of the classics is how former P&G CEO John Smale got the American Dental Association (ADA) to change its approach to approving products and endorse Crest toothpaste, and then leveraged that endorsement to triple Crest’s [...]
Procter & Gamble’s John Pepper Votes With His Feet
August 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
One of the most moving moments of the U.S. Congress's protracted debt ceiling shenanigans was Congresswoman Gabriel Giffords return from her gunshot injuries to vote. Showing up then communicated how much she cared much louder than anything she could have said. Former Procter & Gamble (P&G) CEO John Pepper’s actions also spoke volumes, reminding [...]
It’s not worth the effort even to try to get managers to care about onboarding
December 29, 2010 By 1 Comment
They just don't care about another "HR" process. But they do care about delivering results. So, focus your efforts there, with onboarding as a tool. I learned the ABCs of managing behavior from Paul Brown a million years ago when I was at Procter & Gamble. His framework is that changing B-Behavior is best accomplished [...]