by Nina | Jul 3, 2015 | Change Management, Featured, Meetings, Podcasts, Strategy
One of the most significant factors limiting the growth potential of countries around the world is the fundamental participation and engagement of women in their workforce. The second annual research study by Mercer on gender diversity in the workplace suggests that...
by Nina | Jun 3, 2015 | Change Management, Featured, Strategy
People often picture a mentor as someone older or at least someone who has been in a particular business for a long time, but mentoring is not always about age or the number of years of experience a particular person has in a certain field. Instead, mentoring is about...
by Nina | Oct 21, 2013 | Customer Oriented Thinking, Featured, Innovation, Leadership, Strategy
When we think of technology, we mostly think of the most visible, in your face, technology – like computers or mobile phones. Or we might think of the changes that have occurred due to the digitization of business or our personal lives. But it’s not just in the...
by Nina | Aug 17, 2013 | Change Management, Innovation, Leadership, Strategy
There once was a time when the driving force for corporate innovation was comfortably at home with the office of the CIO. It was a time when technology was vast and confusing – and in the corporate world – had newly emerged as a powerful way to drive efficiencies,...
by Nina | Mar 11, 2013 | Change Management, Leadership, Strategy
We talk about success as if it was a one-time-only event. We celebrate the overnight success of the startup entrepreneur without seeing the years of patient effort, change, modification and even failure that has taken place. In many ways, we have patience for the...
by Nina | Sep 29, 2009 | Innovation, Leadership, Strategy
Every organization has politics. Every business has a power base and a structure. And every organization has internal and external barriers that need to be straddled, worked-around or overcome. This often means that success comes not from following the rules but from...