A quick update from Butcher and Bandit...
Our various writings here over the past few months have ranged rather widely. Without initially intending to do so, we have become fascinated with and champions of the wonderful world of coworking. This is a community that we love and that we eagerly embrace.
Prior to our encounter with coworking, we set out to write a book on innovation that supports our consultancy- Aquifer Design. Our first book, The Innovation Acid Test, was publised just two weeks ago, and it outlines the innovation model that we use in our practice. The second book tackles coworking as a driver of the future of corporate innovation. Manage This! is the working title...
Our practice focuses on helping companies up their innovation output by better managing the 5 levers of effective and sustainable innovation:
1. External Focus (loving customer experience)
2. Up/Down Communication (smashing hierarchy)
3. Collaboration (cross-disciplinary work)
4. Constraints Management (love them don't hate them)
5. Ideas-to-Action Mechanisms (enable 20% time-see Google)
The Innovation Acid Test
The book title is derived from an organizational assessment (of the same name) that we created- The Innovation Acid Test- that tests companies on how capable they are in each of these five areas.
As we progress into the creative work taking place in the coworking community, we now increasingly see it as a logical (if accelerated) extension of the competencies that make up effective innovation. It is, as Bandit has suggested, The Perfect Innovation Engine!
Many in the coworking community innovate naturally, almost despite themselves. They (you) don't necessarily need the measurement tools and behavioral shifts that we propose for larger (legacy) firms.
For our readers who are interested in the test, we invite you to have a look and a test drive.
Contact us at info@aquiferdesign.com for more information on accessing the questions and taking the test.
Butcher and Bandit
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