Remove Interview Remove Model Remove Problem Remove Question
article thumbnail

EI Helps Teams Use Technology to Fly

.orgSource

Chances are your problems stem from focusing too much on technology and not enough on behavior. They make the cultural shifts that enable thinking and problem-solving in ways that are compatible with rapid change. Lego is another company that has consistently expanded its business model. Here’s another important bit of wisdom.

Team 221
article thumbnail

Build a Mission-Worthy Team

.orgSource

In our models, we assume that astronauts are intelligent, that they’re experts in their technical areas, and that they have at least some teamwork skills. The answers to straightforward questions will typically indicate whether an applicant is technically qualified. Our interview process is rigorous. Hiring for skill is easy.

Team 221
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Association 4.0—A Playbook for Success

.orgSource

To put our ideas into real-world context, we interviewed leaders who are using this approach to grow their organizations. Cultivate Innovation and Problem Solving Whether entrepreneurs inherit a gene for invention or not, once they are thrown into the business shark tank, they quickly learn to swim. We changed our entire model.

article thumbnail

Is Your Remote Team Getting the TLC They Deserve? An Audit Delivers Answers

.orgSource

If performance issues have been a problem, keep an open mind. Several years ago, I interviewed Stuart Meyer*. Fortunately, subpar technology is a problem that can be fixed. If you don’t have the budget to provide these resources, you probably need to rethink staffing and business models. Anonymity is imperative.

Team 221
article thumbnail

Stay the Course Through Changing Weather—Strategic Advice From Association CEOs 

.orgSource

During 2018 and 2019, my business partner, Kevin Ordonez and I, interviewed approximately 50 association executives. We began this project because, as early adopters of digital solutions, we could see that technology was creating waves and that a rogue tsunami was not out of the question. Resist the temptation to model the competition.

Advice 170
article thumbnail

Build a Successful Team, Know Where Your People Thrive

.orgSource

If I asked you to describe the work styles of the colleagues on your team, could you tell me how each one prefers to solve problems? You can have the best governance model, but with the wrong people on the team, you won’t be successful.” We tend to focus more on what employees do than on how or why they do it.

Team 221
article thumbnail

Interview: Brigitte Hoyer Gosselink on the Google AI Impact Challenge

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Impact Challenge ” is based on Google’s belief that artificial intelligence can provide new solutions to old problems and improve people’s lives. I recently interviewed Brigitte Hoyer Gosselink, Head of Product Impact, who designed the challenged to learn more. My early career was in international development, working for the U.S.

Google 86