Critical Thinking
Jane Stevenson on Driving Innovation
How top leaders fuel creativity and power dynamic results
June 10, 2011 / Podcast # 11-23
Innovation—it’s more than a ubiquitous term for the shiny, new, and different. Jane Stevenson, co-author of Breaking Away: How Great Leaders Create Innovation that Drives Sustainable Growth–and Why Others Fail, mines the minds of high profile executives and shares the gems that spark success. She defines four categories of innovation and the characteristics of leaders within them. She also details how companies like Google & GE use metrics and algorithms to forecast trends, and how CEOS can embrace the ideas of risk and failure along the trajectory to success.
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Seth Godin on the Death of Books and Rebirth of Ideas
April 15, 2011 / Podcast # 11-16
One might assume that Seth Godin, having penned more than a dozen bestsellers and hailed as America’s greatest marketer, has found a magic formula and is sticking with it. However, in his new e-book “Poking the Box,” Seth shatters logic by encouraging readers to give the book away, exposing an ambition to develop minds, not dollars. In this episode of Edgewise, Seth expounds on why the exchange of content via new media is more than a means to make a living, and how to leverage it to ultimately make an impact.
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Robbie Vorhaus on Making Changes to Be More Efficient
The small changes that can change your career.
March 11, 2011 / Podcast # 11-10
Robbie Vorhaus wants you to be a watchmaker, not a timekeeper. A timekeeper may always know what time it is, but if they look away from the clock for one moment, they’re not useful anymore. A watchmaker, however, can create a product that will do the job for him or her, and then go on vacation without losing money. The goal is to build skills and a team that make you necessary and still let you step away. Read more…
Russell Bishop on Workarounds that Work
How to get around even the toughest roadblock.
March 4, 2011 / Podcast # 11-09
Dealing with emergencies and roadblocks is never easy, especially in the recent economy where every budget and staff is stretched thin. An even bigger problem is when the problem solving is stalled by bureaucracy and waiting for permission. Russell Bishop has several stories of employees who, instead of waiting, took the initiative, took the problem into their own hands, and came up with effective workarounds to get the job done. Read more…
J.P. Flaum and Becky Winkler on Hiring for Emotional Intelligence
How the interview is much more important than the resume.
December 31, 2010 / Podcast # 10-53
J.P. Flaum and Becky Winkler just finished a study that shows the most important skills in the workforce are interpersonal skills. For someone to get ahead, intelligence didn’t matter as much; a less prestigious candidate can always be trained. Traits like a willingness to learn, friendliness, and a collaborative attitude indicate future success much more strongly. Read more…
