What Will The Next Organizational Structure Look Like?

What will organizations look like in the future?
I am fascinated by the cultural and structural dimensions that make up a company. You can have everything right: the right people, skills, funding, brand awareness, social following... and then it happens - you fail! why? Because companies are human eco-systems that live and breathe and if you haven't deployed the proper one for your org, then it will die.

Why Tiny Houses Ooze Innovation

The Tiny House movement is real

I am sure you've read about the "tiny house" movement. It's growing in popularity and now major TV shows are picking up series around it and loads of builders and designers are beginning to see the value proposition the concept yields.

I myself am considering jumping on #teamtinyhouse for a bunch of reasons. For one, TinyHouses are

Smart City Strategy For Innovation

The 4 Types of Cities and How to Prepare Them for the Future by John D. Macomber

Smart Cities are all the rage - but are we just blinded by the glitz and glamour of

The "everyday" Innovator's Dilemma

Find Innovation Where You Least Expect It by Tony McCaffrey and Jim Pearson

So many times we get stuck trying to be novel or innovate in our jobs and life. Creativity is not something that just happens but

Emotional Culture - The Other Side of Cultural Change

Manage Your Emotional Culture by Sigal Barsade and Olivia A. O'Neill

When you think about how people work together, culture should always come up. It's how we interact with each other and ultimately contributes to our output and successes. Very powerful stuff. Culture has become a buzzword and I think this article

Net Promoter Score? Check out Emotional Connectivity Score

The New Science of Customer Emotions by Scott Magids, Alan Zorfas and Daniel Leemon

Think about your best customer... Got them? Why does that particular customer interact with your brand? If you don't know the answer, try this article 

Marketing 101?

The 16 Marketing KPIs You Should Be Measuring (But Probably Aren’t) by Chuck McMahon

Has it been awhile since you were in the classroom or are you blanking on how to track impact of your marketing campaigns? This should set you straight

Drink this Kool-Aid: Business Model Generation by Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur

Business Model Generation by Alexander Osterwalder may just replace Business Development courses in B-schools worldwide...

What Kind of Thinker Are You?

What Kind of Thinker Are You? by Mark Bonchek and Elisa Steele for HBR.org

This article struck me as an important one for this blog - what kind of thinker are you?

Start with "WHY"

Hello!

Instead of just telling you want my intentions are for this blog, I'd rather start with "why" I created this blog.

I love to read and get inspiration from well written, thought-provoking authors that challenge the "accepted way of doing things". I frequent HBR.org, the Economist, NY Times, and business/non-fiction books. Discovering new innovation with a healthy dose of curiosity helps spark my own