Deborah Mills-Scofield | Management Innovation eXchange

Groundbreaking ideas and practices from Deborah Mills-Scofield

Show Value of Community by Working Outside In

Enlist a small group of employees to volunteer in an external, community-related project to demonstrate how collaboration and community can solve real world problems for individual and organizational

Hack by Deborah Mills-Scofield on April 30, 2012

Co-Authored By Ellen Weber

communities of passion

Community

CSR

employee

Show Value of Community by Working Outside In

Enlist a small group of employees to volunteer in an external, community-related project to demonstrate how collaboration and community can solve real world problems for individual and organizational

Hack by Deborah Mills-Scofield on April 30, 2012

Co-Authored By Ellen Weber

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Energize and Sustain Communities of Passion (CoPs) by Building Virtues into the Organization’s DNA

CoP's are "a group of people organized for a specific purpose around a shared set of values; who collectively care deeply about the purpose, adhere to the shared values and are selfless in their pursu

Hack by Deborah Mills-Scofield on June 12, 2011

Co-Authored By Alex Perwich

communities of passion

Voice of the Customer

Risk

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Art of the Dumb Question!

I propose that the transformation of the 20th century into the 21st be the Age of Answers to the Age of Questions. While answers are important, it’s more important to know what qu

Hack by Deborah Mills-Scofield on March 26, 2011

Using Lean to Create Innovation Culture (or another initiative)

Use previous initiatives to create a culture of innovation, leveraging from those learnings, failings & successes

Hack by Deborah Mills-Scofield on February 3, 2011

21st Century Management

Innovation Culture

lean

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Using HR strategically for Innovation

We’re all finally recognizing that management and innovation are social activities – people activities. So it has struck me as rather odd that HR is hardly mentioned in the conversation. W

Hack by Deborah Mills-Scofield on February 2, 2011

21st Century Management

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The Amazon Rainforest, 3 College Kids & a B-Corp

What do kids know about creating a company anyway? Well, 3 24-yr old Brown University ('08) grads didn't know how to do it the "right" way, so they did it their way.

Story by Deborah Mills-Scofield on November 6, 2010

management innovation

activism and advocacy

social responsibility

setting strategy and direction

product and business development

Packaging up Management Innovation

A 163yr old privately held 7th generation 19th & 20th Century industrial “brown box” packaging company transforms itself into a 21st Century Consumer and Design focused company by inno

Story by Deborah Mills-Scofield on October 11, 2010