by Nina | Dec 20, 2016 | Innovation, Leadership, Lean Leadership
When I look back over 2016, I can see many examples of widespread change, disruption and innovation. I can see tremendous gains and hard fought incremental improvements. But away from the big ticket items, what has really changed? Let’s take a look. Live your...
by Nina | Jun 28, 2016 | Corporate Performance, Innovation, Leadership
I will be the first to admit that numbers matter. It matters that you set them, pursue them and achieve them. As leaders, we need to be across the numbers – from revenue targets to cost centers, investments to acquisitions, and everything in between. But not all...
by Nina | May 18, 2016 | Innovation, Leadership, Lean Leadership, Nina Simosko
Hands up who has an ideas platform. Hands up who has an innovation team or a lab. What about email? How many new business ideas would your receive in your email each week? Or month? What about informal and formal chats, hackathons or pitching competitions? There’s an...
by Nina | Jan 30, 2016 | Glass Ceiling, Innovation, Leadership, Women
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act marked a significant milestone in advancing equal pay for all workers. Seven years later, the median wage of a woman working full-time year-round in the United States remains only 79 percent of a man’s median earnings. And while this...
by Nina | Nov 16, 2015 | Innovation, Leadership, Lean Leadership
When it comes to innovation, there is much that we can learn from the lean approaches taken by startups. There is the rapid iteration, hypothesis testing and measurement, that builds a dynamic, responsive organization. There is the focus on releasing products and...
by Nina | Sep 21, 2015 | Innovation, Personal Branding, Social Media
I have to admit that I was skeptical about social media in the beginning. I could see there was potential connecting directly with customers, partners and other business leaders, but many of my colleagues and customers had not yet made the plunge. So rather than...
