By Jeri Denniston, Chief Marketing Strategist, Denner Group International Takeaways: Millennials are driving new trends in management and productive work space. Companies are downsizing into open space environments and flexible work schedules enabling staff to work from anywhere at any time in collaborative, bee hive types of space. Much has been written lately about the…
By Jeri Denniston, Chief Marketing Strategist, Denner Group International Takeaways: Innovation is about unleashing the creativity at the bottom to encourage truly innovative ideas and solutions. Rethink leadership roles as those of connectors, social architects and aggregators of ideas. Act your way to the future rather than plan. Linda Hill, Management Professor at Harvard Business…
By Eric Denniston, Managing Director, Denner Group International Takeaways: Review of ten trends for managing change in a practical context. Think more clearly about the impact of the trends. Consider if any external help can improve your performance. Refocus on the speed of change and the need for greater agility in adapting to changes. While…
By Jeri Denniston, Denner Group International November 12,2014 I’m reading A World Gone Social by Ted Coiné and Michael Babbit, and it grabs you in the first few pages. Right at the start the authors give several examples of how social media is creating a sea change in how companies operate. It has caused major…
Staying in touch with developments in Strategic Management inevitably requires reading books, articles, blogs and viewing videos delivered by fellow practitioners of this discipline. Perhaps the greatest value in doing this is the constant reminder that the way to seek improvement in managing strategy is by implementing change, and in fact, accelerating change – and…
By Jeri Denniston, Chief Marketing Strategist, Denner Group International April 2014 Takeaways: innovation comes from many sources. Analyzing consumer trends and even trends in other industries can stimulate new ideas and hone creative thinking skills. Innovative thinking comes from many sources – following trends and using some creative questioning to analyze them is one…
By Jeri Denniston, Chief Marketing Strategist, Denner Group International March 19, 2014 Takeaways: Mindfulness is a method for being aware of the constant chatter in your brain so you can begin to turn off the negative thinking and substitute more positive thoughts. An excellent article in the Wall Street Journal called Conquering Fear that discusses…
Jeri Denniston, Denner Group International January 29, 2014 Takeaways: Google Glass eyeglass frames trending towards fashion statement, making wearing glasses a popular trend for personal expression. Wearable connectivity is the future. Google’s latest innovation, Google Glass, may have unintended consequences. I foresee mainstream people adopting glasses as a fashion statement and for personal expression, not…
By Jeri Denniston, Denner Group International January 28, 2014 Takeaways: How WD-40 created a tribal culture that focuses on SMART goals, living the company values, and sharing knowledge and expertise. Book Review Helping People Win at Work by GaRry Ridge and Ken Blanchard, 2009 Polvera Publishing and Garry Ridge This book is a partnership between…
By Eric A Denniston, Managing Director, Denner Group International November 2013 Takeaways: An overview of managing change. What small organizations can do to leverage related skills. Three tips for applying some best practices for any size organization.\ How has your business changed recently, or how do you expect it to change in the near future?…
