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Worlds Apart
In a world where design activities occupy an ever-larger segment of our workload, the majority of companies passively or actively destroy good ideas. We find people who work at a role rather than at a task, spending time rather than "doing business."
They have found there is better compensation in playing a part, rather than furthering the interests of the corporate body. |
Death of a Brain Child
Employees today are spending increasingly more time performing thinking tasks than doing physical work. Effective intellectual work has phenomenal value to the modern organization and may be the determining factor in organizational survival during the 21st century.
This paper highlights how the nature of work has changed. It explains the urgent need companies have to develop new systems and tools for promoting more effective intellectual work and presents a model to best develop those systems. |
Incubating Your Own Competitors
Modern knowledge workers who discover a new idea and recognize its value are confronted with a serious dilemma. They must decide whether they will face the unknown risks of developing the new idea "in house," or take on the unknown risks associated with taking the idea outside the company and "going it alone."
This paper explores these risks from both the management and employee perspectives, and highlights the diverse costs, exposures, and liabilities associated with either approach. |
