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Crafting a Knowledge Management Results Framework
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Managing for results requires a coherent framework for strategic planning, management, and communications based on continuous learning and accountability. Results frameworks improve management effectiveness by defining realistic expected results, monitoring progress toward their achievement, integrating lessons into decisions, and reporting on performance. (No, 80 | March 2010)
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Sparking Social Innovations
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Necessity is the mother of invention. The demand for good ideas, put into practice, that meet pressing unmet needs and improve people's lives is growing on a par with the agenda of the 21st century. In a shrinking world, social innovation at requisite institutional levels can do much to foster smart, sustainable globalization. (No. 79 | March 2010)
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Design Thinking
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The need for 21st century mindsets and protocols has sparked interest in
design thinking. That is a human-centered, prototype-driven process for
the exploration of new ideas that can be applied to operations, products, services, strategies, and even management. (No. 78 | March 2010)
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Sparking Innovations in Management
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Gary Hamel defines management innovation as a marked departure from traditional management principles, processes, and practices (or a departure from customary organizational forms that significantly alters the way the work of management is performed). He deems it the prime driver of sustainable competitive advantage in the 21st century. (No. 77 | March 2010)
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A Primer on Talent Management
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Talent is not a rare commodity—people are talented in many ways: it is simply rarely released. To make talent happen organizations must give it strategic and holistic attention. (No. 76 | February 2010)
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