Posts by Mitch Ditkoff
The First Thing a Savvy Team Leader Needs to Do
If you lead a team of people, the first thing you need to do is let your team know the full scope of your roles and responsibilities. You may think your team understands what you do, but it’s highly likely they don’t — at least not at the level of specificity that a high performing…
Read MoreThe First Thing a Savvy Team Leader Needs to Do
If you lead a team of people, the first thing you need to do is let your team know the full scope of your roles and responsibilities. You may think your team understands what you do, but it’s highly likely they don’t — at least not at the level of specificity that a high performing…
Read MoreThe Four Currents of a Culture of Innovation
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking these days about “culture of innovation” — trying to get down to the root of what the heck it’s all about. It’s easy to wax poetic about the topic these day (and a lot of people do), but too much of the stuff I’ve been reading sounds like…
Read MoreYOU HAVE WISDOM TO SHARE (and it is hiding in your stories)
All 7.6 billion people on planet Earth are composed of the same six elements: hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorous. And all 7.6 billion people, no matter where they were born or what language they speak, are composed of 75% water, 23 pairs of chromosomes, and approximately 37.2 trillion cells. That’s the measurable stuff…
Read MoreWANT TO LEAD A GOOD MEETING? Begin with Facilitative Presence
Presence opens up space and time. Presence opens up possibility. Presence enables a kind of organizational Red Sea to part so that everyone in the room, no matter what their social style, title, or astrological sign can take a fresh look at what needs to be addressed right then and there.
Read MoreWhat Innovators Can Learn About Communication from a Teenage Girl
Innovators, entrepreneurs, managers, team leaders, and business owners are faced with the same challenge every single day that millions of parents of teenage girls are faced with — and that is how to how to BRIDGE THE GAP between you and “that other personâ€â€¦ how to connect… how to engage in a way that works.
Read MoreNon-Judgmental Listening as a Catalyst for Innovation
If there is person you know who is on the cusp of a breakthrough, big idea, or simply struggling to figure something out, there is one thing you can do that will be supremely helpful. It has nothing to do with your good ideas, insights, or intuitions, of which you probably have many. It has everything to do with your ability to listen non-judgmentally.
Read MoreThe Syndrome Syndrome
Here’s a fun test for you: If you can read the rest of this paragraph without logging onto Facebook, tweeting, or thinking about crop circles, there’s a good chance you do not have ADD, ADHD, or any other recently-identified medical condition. That’s the good news.
Read MoreIs Peace the Innovation We Need Most?
Established by the United Nations in 1981, this inspired day of observance is fast becoming a global celebration of planet Earth’s biggest untapped resource — peace.
Read MoreAre You INnovation or Out?
“Innovation is not an idea. Innovation is a Discipline.” What do you think? Are more companies doing a better job of practicing innovation? Share your thoughts/experience in comment section below.
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