Dr. Kevin C. Desouza » Harvard Business Review http://kevindesouza.net ...author, innovation enthusiast, international security policy researcher, business executive, and world traveler Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:56:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 8 Ways to Democratize Experimentation: HBR Blog http://kevindesouza.net/2011/04/democratize-experimentation/ http://kevindesouza.net/2011/04/democratize-experimentation/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:47:13 +0000 Kevin Desouza http://kevindesouza.net/?p=1347 My third post on the Harvard Business Review site went live today. The post was written in collaboration with H. James Wilson and is titled, 8 Ways to Democratize Experimentation. Building on our previous post on experimentation, in this post, we offer 8 tips for organizations to consider as they try to infuse experimentation as part of every employee's work.

  1. Increase managerial attention.
  2. Train employees on the basics of conducting experiments.
  3. Accept that experimentation is a messy and untidy process.
  4. Deploy organizational resources and assets to give employees the time and space to experiment with their ideas.
  5. Build a process whereby experiments can be conducted in a systematic manner.
  6. Create a platform or bulletin board.
  7. Give intrinsically motivated experimenters the same care provided to "sanctioned," large-scale experiments.
  8. Start a working papers and presentation series for both researchers and practitioners.

 

We would love to hear your comments on the ideas presented.

]]> http://kevindesouza.net/2011/04/democratize-experimentation/feed/ 2 The Zombie Workplace Survival Guide: HBR Blog http://kevindesouza.net/2010/10/the-zombie-workplace-survival-guide-hbr-blog/ http://kevindesouza.net/2010/10/the-zombie-workplace-survival-guide-hbr-blog/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:21:31 +0000 Kevin Desouza http://kevindesouza.net/?p=1132 My first post on the Harvard Business Review site when live today! The post was written in collaboration with H. James Wilson and is titled, The Zombie Workplace Survival Guide. The post provides a  few pointers to get your employees to innovate at their best. We would love to hear your comments on the ideas presented.

]]> http://kevindesouza.net/2010/10/the-zombie-workplace-survival-guide-hbr-blog/feed/ 9 Article on Information and Knowledge Management in the Case of the US Intelligence Community featured on Harvard Business Review Blog http://kevindesouza.net/2010/01/article-on-information-and-knowledge-management-in-the-case-of-the-us-intelligence-community-featured-on-harvard-business-review-blog/ http://kevindesouza.net/2010/01/article-on-information-and-knowledge-management-in-the-case-of-the-us-intelligence-community-featured-on-harvard-business-review-blog/#comments Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:25:59 +0000 Kevin C. Desouza http://kevindesouza.net/?p=828 Thomas H. Davenport wrote a nice post on the Harvard Business Review blog on why the US Intel. Community failed to stop the Christmas Day Bomber from boarding a flight to the US. Tom highlights my paper published in the International Journal of Public Administration that examined information and knowledge management in the US Intel Community.

To access Tom’s Harvard Business Review blog, please click here [LINK]

To access my paper, Information and Knowledge Management in Public Sector Networks: The Case of the US Intelligence Community, International Journal of Public Administration, 32 (14), 2009, 1219–1267, please click here [LINK]

To read a short blurb on the University of Washington Information School website, please click here [LINK]

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