Quantcast
Channel: Working Knowledge ® » Productivity
Browsing all 6 articles
Browse latest View live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

How Boston Scientific Accelerates Innovation

Point: Capture, share and reuse knowledge to make R&D engineers more productive Story: At Power to Innovate 2009, Boston Scientific’s Randy Schiestl (VP of R&D) and Jude Currier (Cardiovascular...

View Article



Innovation-Inspiring Prizes

Point: Use open innovation challenges and prizes to inspire solutions, participation and collaboration from employees, partners and customers Story: In 1919, New York hotel owner Raymond Orteig offered...

View Article

How Innovation and IT Drive Productivity

Point: Getting maximum benefit from innovation requires new organizational practices Story: In their book Wired for Innovation, Erik Brynjolfsson and Adam Saunders show how innovation and IT drive...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Collaboration Curves Improve Innovation and Performance

Point: Unlike the diminishing returns of the Experience Curve, Collaboration Curves offer continuous, exponential improvement and innovation through knowledge sharing and interactions among a group of...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Improve Productivity through Data Visualization

Point: Presenting data visually reduces the mental resources we expend to understand a concept, thereby improving our productivity. Story: Humans are naturally visual creatures. “Fundamentally, our...

View Article


Quick-Win Innovations

Point: Get quick wins by encouraging small experiments throughout the organization. They’re fast, inexpensive, and reduce the fear of failure. Story: One of the biggest obstacles to innovation is fear...

View Article
Browsing all 6 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images