Understand the variables that affect employee self-determination, its relationship to organizational empowerment and the impact on opportunity.

ISO 26000 is here. Are you ready? Maybe the better question is: Do you care?You should. ISO 26000:2010 — Guidance on social responsibility,1 published last November, has been touted as the new standard that can help manage social responsibility (SR) issues at your organization.

Use a selection matrix to pick projects, evaluate solutions. A selection matrix, also known as a prioritization matrix, is a ranking technique used to evaluate potential projects, problems, alternatives or remedies based on specific criteria or quality dimensions.

Being innovative, or using applied creativity, is difficult when you fail to recognize it as a process and approach innovation opportunities as an artisan. Some of us eventually discover we have a knack for it, but regardless, developing creative ideas is easier said than done—until now.