Quotes 4 Coaching Conversations
Tag: Innovation
We Deserve Better Quality Business Events, Conferences & Seminars
Too many conferences and events over sell and under deliver. I am increasingly finding this unacceptable.
Over the last twelve months I have attended a lot of marketing, digital and innovation themed conferences, seminars and industry events. A few were a great investment of my time and money. Some were disappointing – but free. Too many of them however were, universally awful. The worst offenders were more hype over substance and I felt ripped off paying for them as I gained nothing from the experience. Isn’t it time we deserved better, smarter and more productive business conferences, events and seminars?
Continue reading “We Deserve Better Quality Business Events, Conferences & Seminars”
Share this now:
Book Review – A More Beautiful Question by Warren Berger. Part One.
In many marketing and innovation environments there is a big lack of good questioning.
‘Why Don’t Companies Train People To Ask Questions?’ – Warren Berger
This is just one of the many great questions that Berger raises in this wonderful book that should be essential reading to anyone involved in product development, innovation or marketing performance. Linking to the themes from Berger’s main website – it explores the role and power of questioning in business, life – and everything. And just as important he examines why is it we seem too often to have forgotten the power of asking the really important questions – just when we need them more than ever? A More Beautiful Question is subtitled ‘the power of inquiry to spark breakthrough ideas’ – and of course in the vast realm of innovation literature, the role of inquiry and problem solving is a common theme. Curiosity (and some would argue friction and argument, as discussed in my interview with Gordon Torr in 2013) is the foundation of fresh ideas and solution. Continue reading “Book Review – A More Beautiful Question by Warren Berger. Part One.”
Share this now:
Book Reviews Part Two: Social, Digital And Innovation
In the second of this two-part series I am reviewing three more excellent books; ‘The Little Black Book of Innovation’ by Scott D Anthony, ‘Likeable Social Media’ by Dave Kerpen and ‘Pioneers of Digital’ by Paul Springer and Mel Carson. Together they deliver some great answers to relevant questions, such as; What are the deadly sins of innovation? How should a brand develop digital content and engage with consumers in social media? And what kind of people helped create digital landmarks such as iTunes, Lastminute.com and TED? Read on to find our more. Or, alternatively go to Part One to see my reviews of ‘Strategic Partnering’ by Luc Bardin, ‘Brandscaping’ by Andrew M Davis and ‘Media Franchising’ by Derek Johnson by clicking right here…
Continue reading “Book Reviews Part Two: Social, Digital And Innovation”
Share this now:
Doing: Why Innovative Companies Collaborate With Partners
“If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done. Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.” – Bruce Lee.
The development of focused relationships with partners, allies and networks is a greater driver of innovation than countless rounds of internal brainstorming and intranet posts asking for everyone to be a bit more creative. Yet often individuals and companies cannot get over that first collaborative relationship step and move towards acting, testing and building something new, that could be greater than the sum of their two parts. Bruce Lee, knew a thing or two about the need to act and not just think.
Continue reading “Doing: Why Innovative Companies Collaborate With Partners”
Share this now:
The Best Marketing, Innovation & Collaboration Pieces From 2013
I was lucky to meet and work with some great people in 2013. From 4CM to Versatile Connections and from Henley Business School and Powwownow to Krems University in Vienna and Tech Music School in Fulham. 2013 was a year of Cafe Workshops and Collaborative Consulting. And a year of some brilliant marketing writing from people I was lucky enough to meet too. Here are my picks for the best writing I saw from 2013.
And here’s to more in 2014.
Continue reading “The Best Marketing, Innovation & Collaboration Pieces From 2013”
Share this now:
On Mixing Creativity With Innovation : An Interview With Gordon Torr
Collaborating, on the foundation of a bad idea, will not create the right outcome no matter how good the interaction between the players. And even with a good idea you need the right management and perhaps structure to nurture it.
“Today, reliability is no longer a key to competitive advantage. The organisations that will become the names of this century will be renowned for sustained, large-scale, efficient innovation.” – As Paul Adler wrote in Harvard Business Review in 2011;
Everybody is a creative and everyone wants an innovative business. At least, that seems to be the case if you read any business magazine or scan the business shelf in the airport bookshop. Modern marketing leadership seems to be all about the ability to manage innovation. But are we mixing up the spark of creativity with the process of innovation? Recently I met with and interviewed Gordon Torr, the ex-global Creative Director of JWT to discuss how we define and work with creative people & innovation.
Continue reading “On Mixing Creativity With Innovation : An Interview With Gordon Torr”
Share this now:
The Best Marketing, Collaboration And Innovation Articles, Research And Blogs From 2012
I’ve compiled a list of my top articles, research and comments from 2012 covering marketing, collaboration, innovation and partnerships.
The first true twinkles of December frost appearing in the fields reminds me that its time to review 2012. The year was not easy for many and perhaps more about challenge and tricky opportunities for most. But it was a year with some great stuff too. I’ve here compiled my list of top articles, research and comments from 2012 covering marketing, collaboration, innovation and partnerships. What were your top articles of the year? Who would you pick? What would you recommend or suggest I add?
In no particular order… here are my top picks for 2012
Share this now:
A Year of Blogging And Tweeting
My 2012 Tag Clouds from my blog and my Twitter feed show what has been colouring my conversations this year. From Collaboration to Partnerships from Innovation – by way of social media, super teams and creativity.
You can read my blog by visiting https://andrewarmour.com/ and read my Tweets by following me at; https://twitter.com/andrewarmour
Share this now:
Challenging Marketing Summaries; Gamification, Collaboration And Innovation
You can download the full papers from the Benchstone website but here are some of the top facts, statistics and quotes from the Challenge Series of White Papers covering gamification, collaboration and innovation.
The recent Challenge Series of White Papers I contributed to focused on three topics that are set to test marketers in 2013. The rise of Gamification, the need for Collaboration – and the demands for Innovation. You can download the full white papers from the Benchstone website– but here are some of the top facts, statistics, comments and quotes from the three papers in the series.
Continue reading “Challenging Marketing Summaries; Gamification, Collaboration And Innovation”
Andrew Armour's Benchstone Blog 