With all the changes we're seeing to the workplace these days, and how teams have had to flex, it's only natural to ask what makes an effective team in the workplace. If you're looking at employee...

Written by: Janice Francisco, Founder & Principal Consultant, BridgePoint Effect The question of how to bring innovation to a company is certainly something I've spent a lot of time helping leaders...

Written by Janice Francisco I recently attended an Intrapreneurship Conference that provided a forum for intrapreneurs to share their experiences about how to improve innovation. I was surprised at...

Il est assez facile de répondre à la question pourquoi innover dans une entreprise. La plupart le font pour augmenter la productivité ou pour la création de nouvelle valeur pour leurs clients, leur...

Every team I've worked with wonders: How to lead effective team meetings and How to make team meetings effective? In this blog I provide hints and tips to help you improve your weekly team meeting...

Few would dispute the need for innovation; in fact, most organizations identify innovation as a key business strategy.  But the question of how to innovate in business is something that comes down to...

  I’m often engaged in conversations with business leaders focused around “why is innovation important to the growth of organizations?”

"Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of the things that May be only?"             - Scrooge to the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (A Christmas Carol by Charles...

To answer the question, what is value innovation, I'd like to tell you a story.

The Challenge:  How to gather input quickly from multiple stakeholders Executive leaders representing the aerospace and aviation industry, as well as representatives from government and academia,...

In this blog post we examine various aspects of how to facilitate effective meetings. It’s a topic clients ask us about a lot.  But why?

Written by Janice Francisco, CEO, Principal Consultant, BridgePoint Effect If you're wondering what kind of organizational culture supports innovation this blog outlines the defining features of a...

In this article I focus on firm-level metrics, that is, how organizations measure innovation. If you’re interested in how to measure innovation at the country level, please see our blog about the...

This article was originally published on the Innov8rs blog, October 14, 2018. The research focused on in this article will be released at the Innov8rs Miami conference, February 20-21, 2019. What...

    Written by: Janice Francisco, Founder & Principal Consultant, BridgePoint Effect A common misconception about innovation is that it’s all about technology; it’s so much more than that. So, if...

We're poking fun at scary meetings. As an extra treat, we’re sharing some tricks of the trade on how to facilitate a meeting that drives greater value for participants.  As we're seeing a shift in...

As an adult educator and organizational development/change consultant with a Master’s of Science in Creativity and Change Leadership, I’m fascinated by how people in organizations learn to be more...

  To answer the question, why is innovation important for society, I'm going to take you on a Thanksgiving themed innovation journey that shows some love and appreciation for Canadian Innovators.