Want Your Company to be Innovative?

Most companies are not innovative. Few companies have a senior executive responsible for innovation. Few executives have taken a course in innovation. My surveys of executives at 18 companies show that they want to become more innovative. But they don’t know where to start.

My recommendation? Have your entire top management team read “Dealing with Darwin: How Great Companies Innovate at Every Phase of Their Evolution” … [ Read more ]

To Change a Culture, Start with Changing Behavior

For all the uniqueness, there seem to be certain values held in common by all high-performance companies. That’s the conclusion of Dr. Robert Lefton, co-founder of Psychological Associates in Clayton.

Since its founding in 1958, Psychological Associates has used behavioral science to provide business solutions. It has worked with most of the Fortune 500 companies as well as many small and midsize organizations. Lefton says the … [ Read more ]