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Live from #HCSummit — Part 8
Blog:Debra France works for a company that has consistently been on the Fortune list of top 100 best companies to work for the last 14 years, W.L. Gore. With a track record like that, they must be doing something right. Debra gave Summit attendees an enchanting and engaging look into how W.L. Gore manages (without managers!) to keep their employees innovating and achieving at their highest level year after year.
Start with Great People and Then Get Out of Their Way!
W.L. Gore has created a culture of teamwork, so when they hire people they look for individuals who don’t say “I” a lot. They want to hear “we” and other statements of respect and inclusion. Associates work on small teams formed by making commitments – and the number one commitment is to ensure whatever an associate does is furthering the advancement of the company’s long term goals. Associates enjoy personal autonomy while knowing that they will be held accountable to honoring each other and their commitments.
Live from #HCSummit — Part 3
Blog:With a session title like “Innovate or Die” you know you’re going to get a pretty exciting and edgy presentation. And that’s exactly what Jim Stikeleather, Chief Innovation Officer at Dell, provided in his keynote talk this morning. Jim kicked off his presentation by stating that a perfect storm was on the horizon – across every angle in business – there’s Enterprise 2.0, Economics 2.0, Management 2.0, Capitalism 2.0, and even IT 2.0. And all of these changes have led to a new game, a new playing field, new rules, new players, all of this means innovation, flexibility and agility. Simply put – the only way to succeed today is to innovate.
Live from the #HCSummit — Part 1
Blog:Coming to you live from sunny, Scottsdale, AZ on the first morning of HCI’s Human Capital Summit. (For those of you following along from home, use this hashtag to catch all the best tweets from the conference #hcsummit).
Innovation Hot Spots: Detroit
Article:Detroit isn't a blank canvas. Instead, it's a complex scene that has everything an entrepreneur needs to start their dream company, Josh Linkner writes.
World's Most Innovative Companies Named
Article:Technology Review has announced the 2012 TR50, its third annual list of the world’s most innovative companies. The list spans public and private companies in energy, transportation, computing, Web and digital media, materials and biomedicine. The companies on the list, the editors say, are using their inventions to reshape their industries and transform how we live.