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Do-little Consulting takes its own medicine!

Do-little encourages and helps others to use BLOGs and social media to help engage with potential clients and partners. As a knowledge based organisation its about time we did the same. 

Over time this BLOG will become a extensive reference source for  "Successful Change". We hope you will follow us and give your feedback.

"All I am Saying is Give Innovation a Chance"

Licking my wounds after a few recent encounters, I’m trying to understand why business leaders find it difficult to use innovation as a way out of recession.

OK, no one can run a business on fresh air so the number one priority for a business in crisis must always be to focus on cash flow, reducing costs if necessary.

Once that is done, Innovation is the obvious next step – Isn’t it? Well it is to me, here’s why:

Big Society - Why talk about this in a BLOG dedicated to Innovation, Improvement and Change?

 Big Society a term I had never heard of a year ago is now making its mark, it’s not just the latest fad. I believe that even without the current government spending cuts, the Big Society movement matches the current needs of the country.We have massive drivers for change:

How do we work together?

A key here is forming an organisation structure with teams that are able to take positive action and deliver results.  

Everyone is Different - Thank Goodness!

Do you find it easy to work with some people and whilst others can be a nightmare?

Failure = Waste: What are you wasting?

Seth Gowin's article in Harvard Business Review "Redefining Failure" identifies 7 types of failure.  

Compelling Vision

Get your Innovation or Improvement proposals off to a good start => Create a Compelling Vision.

Leadership - "Try it another way"

Innovation & Improvement frequently take leaders out of their comfort zone. Often tried and tested approaches don't achieve the desired outcome. 

Inspired by a line from Pink Floyds See Emily Play "Let's try it another way". 

IDEAL Framework

The IDEAL framework from Carnigie Mellon University provides a great structure for change projects. We use this as a basis for planning projects - large and small.

Quad of Aims

A simple tool used to give clarity and focus to Programmes, Projects and Tasks.

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