by Carla Johnson | Jun 1, 2021 | Change Management, Corporate Culture, Innovation
June 1, 2021 Last October, I signed up for a 30 kilometer (18 mile) trail run that hugs the perimeter of Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah. I haven’t run a race of that distance in four years. During that time, I’d begun to travel quite a bit more for work. My family...
by Carla Johnson | May 6, 2021 | Change Management, Corporate Culture, Innovation, Performance
May 6, 2021 It’s happened to all of us. We’ve missed the window to feed the meter and ended up with an annoying parking ticket. A sudden storm hit, and we got drenched in the rain between the garage and the concert venue. Or we’ve been late to an important interview...
by Carla Johnson | Nov 5, 2020 | Change Management, Innovation
November 5, 2020 The manufacturer of window-unit air conditioners wanted customer input but they weren’t sure how to go about it without being overly technical in their questions. They knew the noise level of their units was loud, but they wanted to figure out...
by Carla Johnson | Feb 14, 2019 | Business, Change Management, Employee Engagement, Innovation
February 14, 2019 It’s not easy to create an innovation track record like Amazon or Google. But companies that hope to outperform their competitors and shake up their industries are pouring money into innovation programs – labs, hubs and design thinking...
by Carla Johnson | Mar 13, 2018 | Business, Change Management, Corporate Culture, Women Keynote Speakers
March 13, 2018 By Carla Johnson Last week, USA Today senior technology writer Jessica Guynn called out cybersecurity technology giant RSA for having only one woman speaker at its event – anti-bullying activist Monica Lewinski. The RSA Conference is one of the world’s...
by Carla Johnson | Jan 31, 2018 | Change Management, Marketing
February 1, 2018 by Carla Johnson People have been talking about marketing’s need to change for as long as marketing’s been around. We’re told to adjust or perish. Choose between surviving and thriving. Stop taking orders and start creating value. But marketing has...
