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By: AcKnowledge Consulting » Blog Archive » The Art of Business

AcKnowledge Consulting » Blog Archive » The Art of Business — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:49:22 +0000

[...] The next section refers to the material in this post on creativity in leadership, and briefly touches on my thoughts on Change Management. I then go over some of my past experiences with a Knowledge Management Toolkit, and how we went about developing it. The final part of the presentation picks up on a recent post on story at Anecdote, which includes a link to the story of “the one-armed boy”. [...]

By: It’d take a lot of it to make a man laugh… » Blog Archive » Laughter - the stress medicine

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:46:27 +0000

[...] This is based on some fairly impressive research. I am particularly interested in the connection to creativity, bearing in mind earlier posts here about the importance of creativity in knowledge work. [...]

By: Keith

Keith — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:34:09 +0000

Partha –

Thanks for your comment. I would need to understand your environment to be able to answer this question, but a good starting point would be to look at what your expectations of the team are and how this is communicated to them. You would also need to look at their current remuneration plans and what rewards and recognition they are receiving. I take it that you are based in Singapore? I will be over there on 30 Aug to 1 Sep – happy to meet with you and discuss further if you like.

– Keith.

By: Partha

Partha — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:32:19 +0000

Hi,

thanks are bringing this to my mind as these are the five points that are the pillars of a good team.. However need your help in managing people who are not ready to change their three years old unacceptable thought process.

Would be grateful if i can get a response..!!!

By: Keith

Keith — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 11:24:06 +0000

Nick - Thanks for the comment. There seems to be a bit of focus on the other type of boss at the moment, too - ie, Bob Sutton's The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't. Interesting post about it at Anecdote.

By: It’d take a lot of it to make a man laugh… » Blog Archive » Zen and the art of Social Media

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:28:52 +0000

[...] If we do this, we are potentially restricting the ability of our people to be creative and productive. We are also showing mistrust, and knowledge sharing only flourishes in an environment of trust. [...]

By: Nick Brumleve

Nick Brumleve — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 15:32:50 +0000

Some time back there was a wonderful essay, published in the WSJ, by Edmund Phelps, recent recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics. It addressed the impact of Entrepreneurship and the importance of creating stimulating work environments. Here are a couple of quotes from the essay.

“The challenges that arise in developing a new idea and in gaining its acceptance in the marketplace provide the workforce with high levels of mental stimulation, problem-solving, employee-engagement and, thus, personal growth.”

“Thus, high dynamism tends to bring a pervasive prosperity to the economy on top of the productivity advances and all the self-realization going on.”

Your point that managers need be mentors (teachers) is so important in fostering innovation. Too often organizations can get caught up in unproductive searches for “the answer” often found in the “command and control” climates you refer to–encouraging an information mining mindset rather than creative adaptive solutions.

Here is a link to the WSJ article if you’re interested. I believe it is archived so it may require a couple bucks to access, but it’s definitely worth the read.

http://online.wsj.com/page/ppv_snippet-SB116043974857287568-search.html

I really enjoyed your post…great stuff! Thanks!