Each organization has its own set of vision, mission, objective, and values. As a result, personal management practices have to reflect these elements in order to be most successful. Innovation organizations have their own peculiar personnel management practices because of their emphasis on creativity and breaking, versus not following, the rules. That’s not [...]
Dot Collector Software Application An important capability needed in innovation organizations is the ability to predict what is not known. The tool to do this is the “Dot Collector” developed by Ray Dalio. The “Dot Collector Software Application” figure shows a screenshot of the tool. During all meetings, all participants constantly evaluate whoever [...]
Comparative Aspects of Commitment Behaviors The “Comparative Aspects of Commitment Behaviors” fgure shows in more detail ten aspects that highlight different commitment behaviors. Yet another way to summarize this is the following: Contractor A contractor (1) demonstrates focus on personal needs for being professional, (2) makes personal sacrifices for personal development, (3) expects [...]
Behavior Based Organization Chart Another way to view organizations that is beneficial is through a behavioral organizational chart. This concept was promoted by IdeaConnections and is valuable for understanding long-term personnel dynamics in an Innovation Organization. The “Behavior Based Organization Chart” figure shows four classes of commitment behavior. The behaviors range from light [...]
One of the challenges in building an Innovation Organization is hiring and partnering with prolific inventors. Many authors have published descriptions and tools for doing so, but one of the best is the Inventor Profile developed by John Huber. His work is based on evaluating over 20,000 inventors. Evaluation criteria covered items related [...]
Another extremely valuable tool for innovation organizations to use is the Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory. KAI measures style of problem solving and creativity. This tool provides insight into how people solve problems and interact whilst decision-making. Using this insight, Innovation Management leaders can improve the dynamics and cohesion of their teams. The tool shows [...]
Excerpting from that MBTI® manual, “the purpose of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) personality inventory is to make the theory of psychological types described by C. G. Jung understandable and useful in people's lives. The essence of the theory is that much seemingly random variation in the behavior is actually quite orderly and [...]
There a large number of assessment tools they can be used to evaluate human performance and interests. Many innovation organizations have experimented with their use. Although all the instruments generate interesting results only a few have provided insight to senior management on how to best apply the human resources they are responsible for. [...]
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