Comments on: Is Your Organization Anorexic? http://www.steveshapiro.com/2009/03/08/anorexia/ Steve shares his unconventional approach on Business Innovation, Creativity, Goals and Critical Thinking Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:12:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Steve Shapiro http://www.steveshapiro.com/2009/03/08/anorexia/#comment-35619 Steve Shapiro Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:56:07 +0000 http://www.steveshapiro.com/?p=1737#comment-35619 A reader of my newsletter sent me this... "Your anorexia analogy is excellent, and I wonder how many of the nodding executives realize that their salaries are the 'fat' in the equation. Zero, is my guess." A reader of my newsletter sent me this…

“Your anorexia analogy is excellent, and I wonder how many of the nodding executives realize that their salaries are the ‘fat’ in the equation. Zero, is my guess.”

]]> By: Steve Shapiro http://www.steveshapiro.com/2009/03/08/anorexia/#comment-35595 Steve Shapiro Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:49:03 +0000 http://www.steveshapiro.com/?p=1737#comment-35595 Andrea, check out my latest blog entry on measures- http://www.steveshapiro.com/2009/03/24/measure-innovation-not-innovations/. I realize it doesn't address your question 100%. And Steve, I know I haven't talked about your question yet. But I will address everything more fully in a blog post next week. Thanks. Andrea, check out my latest blog entry on measures- http://www.steveshapiro.com/2009/03/24/measure-innovation-not-innovations/. I realize it doesn’t address your question 100%. And Steve, I know I haven’t talked about your question yet. But I will address everything more fully in a blog post next week. Thanks.

]]> By: Measure Innovation NOT InnovationS | Business Innovation Speaker and Consultant Stephen Shapiro http://www.steveshapiro.com/2009/03/08/anorexia/#comment-35592 Measure Innovation NOT InnovationS | Business Innovation Speaker and Consultant Stephen Shapiro Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:52:08 +0000 http://www.steveshapiro.com/?p=1737#comment-35592 [...] Be sure to read my blog entry entitled “Is Your Organization Anorexic?” It explains why I chose the picture I did. In short, companies are obsessed with measures [...] [...] Be sure to read my blog entry entitled “Is Your Organization Anorexic?” It explains why I chose the picture I did. In short, companies are obsessed with measures [...]

]]> By: Stephen Shapiro http://www.steveshapiro.com/2009/03/08/anorexia/#comment-35574 Stephen Shapiro Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:39:23 +0000 http://www.steveshapiro.com/?p=1737#comment-35574 Great questions...I will answer them this week in a separate blog entry. Thanks! Great questions…I will answer them this week in a separate blog entry. Thanks!

]]> By: Steve Todd http://www.steveshapiro.com/2009/03/08/anorexia/#comment-35572 Steve Todd Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:32:38 +0000 http://www.steveshapiro.com/?p=1737#comment-35572 Good question by Andrea. Often times innovative employees might get cut because of the product/project that they work on. How to identify the ones that are truly innovative and should be kept? How about number of products delivered, papers written, patents applied for, etc.? Interested in your thoughts, Steve Good question by Andrea. Often times innovative employees might get cut because of the product/project that they work on. How to identify the ones that are truly innovative and should be kept? How about number of products delivered, papers written, patents applied for, etc.?

Interested in your thoughts,

Steve

]]> By: Andrea Meyer http://www.steveshapiro.com/2009/03/08/anorexia/#comment-35571 Andrea Meyer Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:41:50 +0000 http://www.steveshapiro.com/?p=1737#comment-35571 Thanks for your post. Your comment about cost-cutting that may erode body mass + fat, combined with your final P.S. leads me to ask: have you found any effective ways of measuring innovation? Something to guide managers about what to cut vs. what to invest in? Thanks for your post. Your comment about cost-cutting that may erode body mass + fat, combined with your final P.S. leads me to ask: have you found any effective ways of measuring innovation? Something to guide managers about what to cut vs. what to invest in?

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