Talking about music does not make you a singer. Attending live concerts may help you appreciate music but it still does not make you a singer. To be a singer you need to learn music and practice under the guidance of a good teacher. This is true of sports too. There is no substitute for learning and practising under continuous guidance.
This is equally true for organisations that want to foster innovation. Talking about innovation does not help. Innovation training sows the seed for innovation thinking. But what makes it grow is nurturing and a good encouraging climate. Very few Business Leaders know how to do this well.
R Sridhar, Innovation Coach, IDEAS-RS has just launched a unique 'Innovation Coaching' programme. It is unique because it is a dual coaching process that involves one-to-one coaching for the Business Leader and group coaching for his immediate reports.
This dual process recognises the specific roles that the business leader and his team need to play - alone and together - to deliver innovation that matters. It is a six month engagement process that delivers specific outcomes relevant to the business leader and his team....
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11:13 AM, Jul 20, 2012
Bangalore: Former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman G Madhavan Nair says that he is ready to talk to the government to resolve the controversy over the decision to ban him and three other senior former ISRO scientists from government jobs. Nair made the statement after the government indicated that it could reach out to the banned scientists soon. "Well, if it is a real move from the government's side,...
11:09 AM, Jan 30, 2012
People with ideas do things better and differently. This is important for ambitious people who want to grow in their fields. Yet most people do not know what to do, where to go or whom to talk to, when they want new ideas or want to solve a problem. Add to this problem is the belief that most have "I am not creative". There is a free e-book "How to...
05:57 PM, Jan 06, 2012
