by mmartyn | Jan 25, 2011 | Best Practices, Changing Behavior, Development, Growth, Human Behavior, Leadership
“No one appreciates the agonizing effort (Miyamoto) Musashi has made. Now that his years of training have yielded spectacular results, everybody talks about his “God-given talent.” That’s how men who don’t try very hard comfort themselves.” – Yoshikawa Eiji...
by mmartyn | Dec 14, 2010 | Best Practices, Changing Behavior, Engagement, Innovation, Leadership, Problem Solving
“An experienced code breaker will tell you that in order to figure out what the symbols in a code mean, it is essential to be able to play with them…to rearrange them at will.” – Gero Miesenboeck The Rosslyn Chapel was founded by William Sinclair in...
by mmartyn | Dec 2, 2010 | Best Practices, Creativity, Culture, Enterprise Alignment, Innovation, Organizational Structure
A couple of years ago, the Harvard Business Review published an article on creativity and collaboration at Pixar. According to Ed Catmull (President of Pixar), the trick to fostering collective creativity is three fold: place creative authority for product...
by mmartyn | Nov 30, 2010 | Best Practices, Continuous Improvement, Creativity, Design, Development, Innovation, Leadership, Motivation, Results
A $2,000 car? The Chairman of Suzuki Motor Corporation said it was impossible…but, that didn’t deter Ratan Tata. Motivated by a passion for meeting the needs of India’s impoverished people, the Chairman of Tata Motors assembled a five person engineering team...
by mmartyn | Nov 16, 2010 | Best Practices, Continuous Improvement, Operational Excellence, Organizational Structure, Problem Solving
“There is a golden hour between life and death. If you are critically injured you have less than 60 minutes to survive. You might not die right then; it may be three days or two weeks later, but something has happened in your body that is irreparable.”...
by mmartyn | Nov 11, 2010 | Best Practices, Creativity, Culture, Design, Development, Leadership
The Riverside School in Ahmedabad, India is an amazing experiment in empowering children and creating future leaders. Founded in 2001, Kiram Bir Sethi and her team have created a unique learning environment where “common sense is common practice” and the overriding...
