Injecting new thinking into existing organizations, from within the organization itself, is difficult. Even when the need for "thinking different" is plain, entrenchment - of process, people, expectation - make diverging from set paths a chore. One entrepreneurial speaker is seeing an encouraging trend: Eric Ries, the driving force behind the "lean startup" movement, which…
Required Answers before an Undertaking
Successful projects start with the Business defining success.
Valuing “Institutional” Knowledge
It seems to me that institutional knowledge (IK) is like common sense. Much as there is rarely anything ‘common’ about common sense so is there rarely anything remotely ‘institutional’ about institutional knowledge. Most often, IK is the province of your more rabid ivory-tower, b-school types who use IK as an excuse to justify chairing more…
Design Discussion: Look-Feel, IA, Content Layout
Look / Feel Colors Type faces photo credit: EVERYDAYLIFEMODERN photo credit: EVERYDAYLIFEMODERN Info Arch Layout Design Navigation photo credit: dchou0123 Content specific modules placement / priority / emphasis photo credit: TheArtGuy It's difficult to process all of these at once; you can run the danger of allowing shortcomings in one area overshadow Good Things in…