Dec 1, 2013

Breakthrough Collaboration

Most of the companies we help have global teams. They need to collaborate across time zones, cultural differences, accent and language difficulties, and often across competing agendas. If they don’t collaborate they inhibit efficiency, curtail effectiveness and add significant cost to the company’s bottom line. In this Key you will discover the three critical elements that are absolutely essential to develop breakthrough collaboration. Read about...

Nov 11, 2013

Perspective Is Everything

Breakdown or breakthrough? When it comes to leading your life, perspective is everything.

Nov 4, 2013

Evolution Can Inspire Innovation

You need to apply these evolutionary principles as you lead your innovation teams and build your innovation portfolio.

Oct 30, 2013

The Key: Opportunities Have Expiration Dates

In Your Window of Opportunity, I shared with you how I stumbled upon the window of opportunity insight. In this KEY we look at this again because we often don’t recognize that opportunities show up inside a window. And most opportunities have expiration dates. What do we mean when we say that opportunities have expiration dates? Read on to find out. © Aviv Shahar

Oct 14, 2013

Take Off Velocity is Everything

This insight obviously goes back to my Air Force experience: Your runway is your takeoff window. You must develop enough velocity for takeoff before you run out of runway. © Aviv Shahar

Oct 7, 2013

Smart Goals & Wise Aims

An “aim” is a direction you pursue. A “goal” is an accomplishable measure; it has a “how much” and a “by when” definitional value. © Aviv Shahar

Oct 1, 2013

Innovation Culture Makes Innovative People

All leading companies face a stark choice: either try to catch up with change, or lead the change. Leadership is not certain. In fact, more often than not, leadership is fleeting. Kodak, Blackberry and Nokia are three recent examples. If your organization is not innovating and creating the trend that shapes the environment, you play catch-up and struggle to cope with the side effects of...

Sep 30, 2013

Liberating the innovative power of your teams

Most organizations use only a small portion of their capacity to innovate. To produce breakthrough results you need much more than prolific brainstorming. © Aviv Shahar

Sep 23, 2013

What is Transformational Leadership

The success that got you to where you are today is not sufficient to get you where you want to go. The muscle that created the present is not adequate to building a different and new tomorrow. © Aviv Shahar

Sep 16, 2013

Your Most Critical Choices