Mike Cardus

MAY 24, 2011

Below is an actual Executive Coaching and Managerial Leadership Training + Development process I facilitated. During these focus group meetings the leadership was able to hear what is needed for continued success and progress within the organization. The methods and processes worked! Contact me to make your leaders & teams better.

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Case Study 360-Degree Feedback Execution TRIZ 116

Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Working with a team of 5 Executive Directors from a company that employs ~2000 people we identified a gap in the Managerial Leadership Training , Mentoring and coaching of employees prior to being promoted to a Manager Level within the company. With this team we used it to explore the challenge of Developing a Managerial Leadership Process.

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Operations Training Tools Planning 128

Mike Cardus

MARCH 31, 2011

Using a mixture of TRIZ, creative problem solving and brain based leadership models, the participants find solutions to existing organizational situations. I had to privilege of leading Creativity to Innovation at Syracuse University ; Creativity To Innovation Program Methodology.

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Workshop Creativity TRIZ Innovation 92

Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Corporate Team Building Creativity Innovation Organization Development Problem Solving Solution-Focused Successful Teams Team Building create-learning team building and leadership executive coaching innovation models innovation training Miracle Question SFCT solution finding solution focused solution focused coaching SOLVED method team coaching technical (..)

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TRIZ Team Root Cause Analysis Team Building 146

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 27, 2011

12/29/11 – Team Building & Leadership activity (simulation). From a series of Team Development and Leadership workshops I led for the Simon School, University of Rochester. From a series of Team Development and Leadership workshops I led for the Simon School, University of Rochester. 12/30/11 – Blog article.

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TRIZ Team Simon Workshop 110

Mike Cardus

MAY 10, 2011

Nine windows is often used in TRIZ (The theory of inventive problem solving) to explore solutions to a problem in a context of past present and future. Nine-Windows in human system i.e. team building & leadership, can be used as a planning tool. Exploring the solution as a system is vital in breaking psychological constipation.

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Tools Quality TRIZ System 139

QAspire

MAY 31, 2015

Don’t forget traditional problem solving tools –5Why, TRIZ, etc & go beyond. a) Leadership to Demonstrate open culture to challenge status quo b) L&D to Drive c) People to be naturally inquisitive! It is the leadership teams role. senior leadership and middle management – Tanmay Vora. – Tanmay Vora.

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TRIZ Diversity Learning-by-Doing Skills 70

Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Leadership. 2) Implement a leadership model that balances your four type of competences of the leadership team (spiritual, intellectual, emotional and physical). DMAIC methodology 8 hidden costs Triz. 14 Deming principles. 20 SME Steps. Diagnosis (Internal Value + Context). 1) Analyze your SWOT. SWOT analysis.

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Deming SWOT Root Cause Analysis TRIZ 28

Mike Cardus

MARCH 19, 2013

Using a mixture of inventive problem solving, creative problem solving and brain based leadership models the participants will find solutions to existing organizational situations and develop the steps to incorporate these innovations into their work.

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Innovation Creativity Participative Business Model 107

Mike Cardus

APRIL 6, 2012

I serve on the ASQ Human Development & Leadership Division Board as the Education Chair, ASQ Buffalo NY Section as the Community Liaison. ASQ The Global Voice of Quality , published one of my articles ‘Quality Tools to Discover Solutions: Nine Windows’ in the Idea Creation Tools and Problem Solving Tools , Knowledge Center.

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Tools Quality Education Globalization 74

Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Contact us and make your team and leadership better. For 21st Century Learners innovation MUST align with our quality – Being what we do, and what is expected from us. Interested in Mike being a speaker at your next meeting, event or conference? michael cardus is create-learning.

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Innovation Conference Quality Skills 110

Mike Cardus

APRIL 15, 2011

Once people, organizations, leadership can chart and explain the Main Useful Function of what they do, to those they do it too-then insights into innovation and improvement can be made. What is the main useful function of you in relation to the business? Please in the comments share – What is your Main Useful Function?

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Human Resources Engineering Objective Innovation 83

Mike Cardus

JANUARY 21, 2013

I have written about DTC Operator before here and here. Plus I just gave a talk about Innovation Tools and made the PowerPoint below. Innovation Tool: DTC Operator from Michael Cardus.

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Operations Cost Tools Innovation 112

Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

The 5 Whys is a question-asking technique used to explore the cause-and-effect relationships underlying a particular problem. The primary goal of the technique is to determine the root cause of a defect or problem. If you work in any kind of manufacturing and now most healthcare organizations you have heard of the ‘5 Whys’.

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Team Report Learning-by-Doing Banking 157

Mike Cardus

JULY 26, 2012

Blocks to Creativity and Innovation. Tools to Release Creativity and Innovation from Michael Cardus. When you face a challenge , and have to solve a problem you need to figure out how to fix-it. Fix-it in a way improves upon what already exists and can prove useful to people besides yourself – that is how I define Innovation.

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Creativity Innovation Tools Sharpe 134