Picking “low-hanging” Fruit

77 Eye-Opening Ways to Improve Productivity & Profits

by Jeremy Eden & Terri Long 31 March 14 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz

How to “get a good Cash Crop Yield from Business Innovation
According to Authors, Jeremy Eden & Terri Long, “To get a good cash crop yield from business innovation, leaders must have six elements in place. They must provide:
1) problem-solving skills,
2) motivate /inspire employees,
3) organize collaboration across units,
4) make decisions quickly,
5) build implementation skills, &
6) create accountability to deliver hard-dollar benefits.”

Most Significant Info in the Book.
Among the 77 chapters of material that Eden and Long provide, these were of greatest interest and value to me. [Bob Morris, Book Reviewer]
● Ask “Why?” 5x to get to the Root of the real Problem (Chapter 3)
● Don’t be Fooled by Misleading Metrics: Zero in on the Ugly & Rattle the Status Quo by Turning Metrics Upside Down (Chap 6)
● Use Brainstorming in a New Way: to find Problems, Not Solutions (Ch10)
● Stop Ignoring your Introverts (13)
● Use a Checklists — It works for Pilots & Brain Surgeons, and It Will Work for You! (20)
● Give People what they Need, Not what they Want (22)
● The Five Surprising Words that keep a Good Executive from Being Great (30)
● Executive Motivators – that De-motivate everyone Else (32)
● Eliminate Corporate Whac-A-Mole or Guaca-moley (38)
● The One Monthly Meeting you must hold (46)
● The Devil’s in the Details: Track Every Idea, Every $$, Every Month (55)
● The Golden Rule: Extract & Replace Ideas that don’t Increase Earnings (56)
● It’s Not what you Start, It’s what you Finish (61)
● “Everyone is Entitled to their own Opinion, but Not their own Facts – that are different than Reality (64)
● The Obligation to Dissent (70)

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