War rooms - A space for innovation by Dave Nemeth
The big word on every company’s lips in these fast paced challenging times is innovation. There are a host of disruptions taking place across all sectors of business. Companies need to be geared up and have all the necessary tools in order to make groundbreaking decisions, which will put them far ahead of their competitors. Most of these decisions will involve a team and in many cases, a variety of department heads and players. This process will involve a variety of different methods, think tanks and strategies to come up with something that is truly innovative. A vital element to this process, which often requires many hours of debate, presenting and hopefully many productive arguments is not suited to today's boardroom. A boardroom is great for structured meetings and a place to meet clients, but not a great place to come up with great ideas. Welcome to the War Room or sometimes referred to as an innovation center. The term War room was coined during world war and these large ope...