Tuesday, September 13, 2005
ACA Call for Presenters
The American Creativity Association is holding it's 2006 International Conference on March 22 - 24, 2006 in Austin, Texas at the Austin-Bergstrom Airport Hilton. The call for presenters as well as other information about the conference is available on their web site (www.amcreativityassoc.org). Proposals must be submitted before October 31, 2005. Linda Shafer & Barry Silverberg are Conference co-Chairs. Contact Barry Silverberg at barry@amcreativityassoc.org with questions or suggestions.
Paul Schumann (www.theinnovationroadmap.com) is organizing a focus on advances in the understanding of innovation in organizations. The desire is to have seminars, workshops and panel discussions on new systems and knowledge of organizational innovation, especially open, collaborative ones. Topics of interest are developing insights in a complex future, discovering opportunities and threats, attracting collaborators and leading collaborations, open systems for innovation, issues of recognition and reward in open collaborations, the microeconomics of innovation and measurement systems. Anyone interested in this special focus on innovation should contact Paul Schumann (512.302.1935) before submitting a proposal on the ACA web site.
Paul Schumann (www.theinnovationroadmap.com) is organizing a focus on advances in the understanding of innovation in organizations. The desire is to have seminars, workshops and panel discussions on new systems and knowledge of organizational innovation, especially open, collaborative ones. Topics of interest are developing insights in a complex future, discovering opportunities and threats, attracting collaborators and leading collaborations, open systems for innovation, issues of recognition and reward in open collaborations, the microeconomics of innovation and measurement systems. Anyone interested in this special focus on innovation should contact Paul Schumann (512.302.1935) before submitting a proposal on the ACA web site.
Friday, September 09, 2005
The Future of Strategy
This is a 47 minute telephone interview of Paul Schumann by Tom Carroll.
All of the files listed are mp3.
1. What is corporate strategy? (1.6 mb, 2:09)
2. What does it mean for an organization to have an effective strategy? (.6 mb, :49)
3. What are some of the best practices for developing an effective corporate strategy? (.9 mb, 1:16)
4. What should an effective corporate strategy include? (1.8 mb, 2:32)
5. Who should be involved in strategy formation? (1.4 mb, 1:56)
6. What do you mean by the term "knowable future" and how does that relate to business strategy development? (4.5 mb, 6:16)
7. What sort of new strategy development methodologies do you see emerging? (1.5 mb, 2:03)
8. Presently, are there some recent global trends that you believe are important to consider when developing business strategies? (9.7 mb, 13:30)
9. Were you surprised on finding that technology develops slowly? (4 mb, 5:30)
10. Are there any companies who really have gotten strategy development down to a fine art? (4.2 mb, 5:48)
11. What are some first steps a company can take to begin formulating an effective corporate strategy? (2.6 mb, 3:36)
12. How can people contact you? (1.1 mb, 1:36)
All of the files listed are mp3.
1. What is corporate strategy? (1.6 mb, 2:09)
2. What does it mean for an organization to have an effective strategy? (.6 mb, :49)
3. What are some of the best practices for developing an effective corporate strategy? (.9 mb, 1:16)
4. What should an effective corporate strategy include? (1.8 mb, 2:32)
5. Who should be involved in strategy formation? (1.4 mb, 1:56)
6. What do you mean by the term "knowable future" and how does that relate to business strategy development? (4.5 mb, 6:16)
7. What sort of new strategy development methodologies do you see emerging? (1.5 mb, 2:03)
8. Presently, are there some recent global trends that you believe are important to consider when developing business strategies? (9.7 mb, 13:30)
9. Were you surprised on finding that technology develops slowly? (4 mb, 5:30)
10. Are there any companies who really have gotten strategy development down to a fine art? (4.2 mb, 5:48)
11. What are some first steps a company can take to begin formulating an effective corporate strategy? (2.6 mb, 3:36)
12. How can people contact you? (1.1 mb, 1:36)
