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7 Essential Elements to Building an Innovative Team

Let’s face it, you can’t get away with flogging the same old product or service over and over again.

One of your competitors has just come up with a new solution; more and more of your clients ask whether you have any “new innovative products”: These are some of the signs you can’t ignore anymore.

The company will soon start losing market share unless you place a lot more emphasis on innovation.

Until now, you have always been the main source of creative ideas in your team. But this is not sustainable anymore. You must build a team that is capable of coming up with new, exciting products.

But how can you build such a team? Here are 7 essential elements: Read More

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Three new technologies to make the most of human capital

  • How do you tap into employees’ creativity and quickly turn innovative ideas into product development projects?
  • How do you save and share the kind of tacit knowledge which can’t be explained, only shown?
  • How do you collect employees’ experiences in the form of ready to use cases and apply them to actual problem solving situations?

A1_Houston_Office_Oil_Traders_on_MondayLast week I was invited to an event that promised to answer these three questions, by introducing participants to the latest technological innovations that might be ways of solving these commonly met dilemmas.

I have to admit that I have never been a tech guy. And I have always been a bit suspicious when it comes to technology in the HR field. When we try to replace human relationships with technology, I think we are on the wrong track.

However, the presentations showed that technology in HR can work the other way round: it can actually be the facilitator of more sharing and more open discussion, and help create more inspiration between colleagues.

I am happy to share what I learned about these three very interesting technological solutions.

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