Analytical Skills 
Improve business decisions by learning how to gather, interpret and present data.

Develop specialized skills and strategies to help you assess patterns, identify relevant questions, gain data-driven insights and effectively share analytical information with others.

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Innovation by Example

Learn these principles of successful corporate innovators.

Innovation on Tap

What can a common kitchen faucet teach you about innovation? Take this thought exercise from Denis J. Hauptly, author of <i>Something Really New</i>, to find out....

Innovation—It Takes a Village

As innovation becomes more and more a priority in the corporate world, the need to address culture is reaching crisis proportions. Survey after survey shows that the single greatest barrier to innovation is the company itself—or, more precisely, the rules, attitudes, and very thought processes of th

Is Your Organization Ripe for Disruption? 5 Tell-Tale Signs

Disruption can be a positive transformative force, infusing an organization with a fresh sense of purpose and renewed energy.

It's Monday Morning...10 Tips to Get Started on Innovation

A recent AMA/HRI study found that although most organizations say that innovation is a top priority, few companies are actually good at it. So if your company’s innovation efforts need a jumpstart, here are 10 quick ways to get with the program....

Kill the Company/Change the World

An interview with Lisa Bodell, author of the provacative book Kill the Company, about how to challenge the status quo in business.

Lasting Lessons about Innovation: What I Learned at Control Data Corporation

Robert M. Price, former chairman and CEO of Control Data Corporation, shares the innovation secrets that transformed a company with 34 employees (including the janitor) into a supercomputer powerhouse that overtook behemoth IBM....

Technological Leaders: The Tech Revolution

Technology has blurred the distinction between leaders and followers.

Leadership Competencies for Disruptive Innovation

Disruptive innovation is no longer the occasional exception, it’s the rule. The entertainment, computing, wireless phone, book publishing, photography, manufacturing, and health-care industries have all recently experienced dramatic change due to new and converging technologies, business models, dis

Leading Employees Toward Innovation

We've all heard the old Thomas Edison quote about genius being 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. The same ratio applies to innovation. Here are some tips for encouraging an innovative spirit in your organization....