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Groundbreaking ideas and practices from the MIX Community
Tongal: A 21st century business model for finding top talent and putting them to work on something they love
Tongal circumvents the traditional Madison Avenue system, by using the internet to bring together talent around the world, and the organizations who need them to create winning advertising....
James DeJulio :: Last Updated: July 29, 2010 :: Posted in: Story
Build Suggestions: 2 :: Comments/Questions: 3
Happiness is…a work environment where people feel good about themselves and are empowered to do their best work
A stressed out small businessman learns, the hard way, the importance of a work place where people are energized and motivated by working the way that works for them. Inspired by stories of...
Henry Stewart :: Last Updated: August 18, 2010 :: Posted in: Story
Build Suggestions: 2 :: Comments/Questions: 9
Getting Rid of the Busy Work so You Can Get to Work

*In order for organizations to thrive in the 21st century global economy, knowledge workers must be allowed the flexibility and discretionary authority to offload their non-core busy work to help...

Jordan Cohen of Pfizer :: Last Updated: June 25, 2010 :: Posted in: Story
Build Suggestions: 6 :: Comments/Questions: 14
The Way We Train Ph.D.s Drapes A Large, Cold, Wet Blanket Over Our Ability to Innovate Higher Education Infrastructure

Expecting a group of highly educated, culturally fixed Ph.Ds who are excellent researchers to run their own operation may have been fine 80 years ago when educational operations were run, staffed...

Aaron Anderson of San Francisco State University, Executive MBA Program :: Last Updated: September 3, 2010 :: Posted in: Barrier
Build Suggestions: 2 :: Comments/Questions: 0
Celebration of Innovation – Interfacing Boundaries of Play and Work

Few will deny that they have enjoyed work more when fun is found somewhere in its process. And many admit to being more productive when creative design is part of what they do. Nevertheless,...

Ellen Weber of MITA International Brain Center :: Last Updated: August 31, 2010 :: Posted in: Hack
Build Suggestions: 5 :: Comments/Questions: 0
Change Perspective

I believe you think tanks and consulting industry have developed pretty much everything in...

Ralph Oesterheld :: Last Updated: August 30, 2010 :: Posted in: Hack
Build Suggestions: 2 :: Comments/Questions: 3
Communicate Hope: Using Games and Play to Improve Productivity - 42projects
As the demographics of the workplace shift and more employees actively play games outside of work, the opportunity to use games to improve productivity expands. Organizations can leverage the...
Ross Smith of Microsoft :: Last Updated: August 26, 2010 :: Posted in: Story
Build Suggestions: 0 :: Comments/Questions: 5
The Need to Progress From People To Their Knowledge

When Managers talk of people they actually mean the Knowledge and experience they carry in their heads. However, since access is only through the ‘emotional interface’, the...

Nayantara Prasad :: Last Updated: August 24, 2010 :: Posted in: Barrier
Build Suggestions: 10 :: Comments/Questions: 6
Making sparks fly: Stimulating regional innovation in a global consumer products organization
Faced with the challenge of encouraging growth in its smaller, regional brands, one large global organization creates a virtual network of innovators worldwide
Peter Robbins of The Innovation Foundation :: Last Updated: July 12, 2010 :: Posted in: Story
Build Suggestions: 0 :: Comments/Questions: 0
Restoring Faith in the Institution: How Mission Shaped Communities Revitalized St Andrews
An Anglican parish launches a bold experiment with a radical model of how to “do church,” by  replacing hierarchy with communities of passion, and unleashing the capabilities of its...
Drew Williams :: Last Updated: July 11, 2010 :: Posted in: Story
Build Suggestions: 0 :: Comments/Questions: 2
CoachingOurselves: No money, No time but we need management development that really 'works'!
Three rounds of layoffs, just off-shored our software dev. to Eastern Europe and got acquired by our competitor. The management team and I figured some sort of management development program...
Phil LeNir of CoachingOurselves :: Last Updated: June 25, 2010 :: Posted in: Story
Build Suggestions: 5 :: Comments/Questions: 8
Organizational Trust 2.0: 42projects

42projects is an initiative across several teams at Microsoft to innovate in the way we manage by focusing on building trust, using games to increase productivity, and encouraging grassroots...

Ross Smith of Microsoft :: Last Updated: April 11, 2010 :: Posted in: Story
Build Suggestions: 3 :: Comments/Questions: 1
Think like a conductor to achieve better organizational alignment
Ah, the beauty of a small organization. Everyone knows what you are trying to accomplish, and if anyone doesn't, they know who to ask. Those not aligned with the mission are easy to spot and...
Chris Grams of New Kind :: Last Updated: August 27, 2010 :: Posted in: Hack
Build Suggestions: 0 :: Comments/Questions: 5
Not just an ordinary day at the beach: Organization innovation and employee empowerment at the Bank of New Zealand
The Bank of New Zealand introduces a new business model by upending its management model, and empowering branch managers to think and act like business owners.
Chris Bayliss :: Last Updated: August 10, 2010 :: Posted in: Story
Build Suggestions: 1 :: Comments/Questions: 3

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