At a pan-national symposium of Lean Six Sigma leaders, the Basadur Profile was offered to 79 delegates before a workshop. As the scatter diagram shows, most attendees have innovation styles that support solution development and implementation – the optimization and implementation stages of the innovation process.  Not surprisingly, these people

US MidWest department fire fighters,…literally! Like air traffic controllers, firefighters are intensely inclined toward implementation. In their daily problem solving activities, firefighters confront situations that need their immediate action towards saving lives or resolving dangerous situations. As one firefighter said, “In a fire emergency, we have no time to ‘reflect’

We are fortunate to have many professors use the Basadur Profile in their teaching – they come from all faculties including engineering, business, architecture and art and design.  This scatter diagram is made up of students from a Masters program in strategic foresight and innovation.  Most of the students come

How might market research better engage with sales? A Financial Services division wanted to differentiate its credit cards and needed our help.  In fact, the company, a major retailer, was making their first attempt at launching their own credit card into a competitive marketplace. The market research team looks a

How do you empower a Board of Directors to be more strategic thinkers? We teach a module on creative and critical thinking in a program that certified graduates with a designation to be a future “chartered” board director.  As part of the module, the Basadur Profile was administered to help

What do you do when your organization jumps too quickly into solutions? The Team  Another example from the archives involves our work with a large automotive company.  This example is still relevant today. After recording losses in several consecutive business quarters, the company decided to undertake initiatives to change its