Designing creative workspaces to spark creativity at work
The last few decades have allowed us to realize that creativity, as an innate human ability to solve problems and generate ideas, is the fuel for innov…
Employee Engagement
Innovation Reward and Recognition in a Barbell Economy
Many innovation discussions kick off with a reference to the future. It conjures pictures of visionary ventures and ground-breaking projects featuring …
How to create an innovation culture that lasts
Many organisations kick-off an innovation programme with innovation training or brainstorming sessions. Seeing that it is easier to execute, this can b…
Innovation Thrives When there is Fuel to Burn
I live in the Mountain West of the United States. The sheer beauty of the Rocky Mountains, the Grand Canyon and countless other natural wonders is well…
To Reward or Not To Reward – That is the Question?!
For those of us who run ideas programmes within organisations, the decision ‘to reward or not to reward’ can be a tough one. Financial reward can be a …
Pause for Thought
Reflection: Today I went to the funeral of a friend’s husband who passed away long before his time. Appreciate this may not be the most uplifting way …
FUN?!
The Premise: For those of you who are not a BBC viewer, W1A is just a postcode. However, for those who tuned in at 9.00pm on 18th September, a new se…
Why it’s time to ditch PowerPoint and master the art of the truly visual presentation
PowerPoint may have been a gamechanger back in the 80s. But in the intervening years, the game has moved on so far that presenting a crucial pitch with…
Spatial Attraction: Employee Engagement Beyond First Sight
Many leaders understand that engaging people is essential for innovation. But few recognise a powerful tool right under their nose…the physical environ…
Innovation Ecosystems – Start at Home
The key to building a well-functioning innovation ecosystem, is, as with building anything, having a solid foundation. By definition, this is where yo…
Innovation Culture – Changing Mindsets
Over the last few years in my role at Fidelity International, I have been looking to understand more about our approach to innovation and how we respon…
Wisdom of the Crowd – Fact or fiction?
In general, people are terrible at forecasting. Each day we forecast a wide range of things and we get most of them wrong. In particular, companies and…
Stop measuring engagement and engage
If we spent less time measuring how engaged our employee are, we could spend more time simply engaging them. The statement might seem obvious, but rea…
Space Matters: How to use the power of the environment for your innovation
The environment has a huge impact on how we feel, think and behave. When we understand the role the environment plays, we can begin to use it to boost…
I’m not a Human Resource, I’m a Human Being!
I was recently invited to speak at the HR Minds conference in Berlin. At first glimpse this didn’t seem to be a natural fit for my usual speaking topic…
Innovations in driving employee, supplier and customer engagement
One of the questions that my clients often ask me is "what should we look to innovate? Should we be looking at creating new innovative products and ser…
Innovation in Self-Managed Organisations
I’d like to start with a bold assertion and some crude but nonetheless reasonably accurate definitions: We don’t need management anymore. Management -…
The future of employee engagement
The power of people energy drives employee engagement. If you were to research companies you'd find a lot of evidence about how well they perform as a…