Victor Edozien: More Tips on Innovative Management

Asaba Group Holdings continues to seek innovative solutions to problems that will enhance their company's viability as well as develop their clients' experience with the company through the services the company provides. 

Here are more vital steps you can take to develop your business management: 

1. Innovation is beyond invention 

Invention commonly refers to the creation of something new or novel while innovation involves improving upon something that already exists. But if we observe King Solomon's wisdom, nothing new is ever created and so we end up equating invention with innovation. Nevertheless, innovation, as it is applied in the modern context, requires going beyond the mere creation of something that has not been conceived or produced before by humans. 

Certainly, the smartphone did not exist before the '90s. It is an invention as well as an innovation in communication. However, the way it was conceived off initially, it was a practical tool for replacing the old land-based phone for the sole purpose of making direct calls. Of course, now we know what smartphones are now capable of doing – and that is innovation adding to what had been already invented. 

As someone has put it, invention is the first step of the process; innovation is the continuing process of improving upon what exists. Birds already flew for millennia upon the earth; but it took human ingenuity to imitate and even surpass the possibilities of flight. 

2. Innovativeness should become an acquired habit 

The desire and discipline to attain excellence is never an inborn quality. Children either catch the ability to be creative from somewhere or they are taught to become so. Even prodigies need to hear or see something before they can acquire some proficiency in certain artistic skills. In general though, creative or innovative genius arises because there is a need or the desire to achieve something extraordinary. 

In the organization, innovation can only be of great use and value when more people are constantly engaged in the process of improving how things are done. Releasing the energy to innovate demands providing enough individual freedom to workers, as well as collective independence, in order for the organization to come up with novel solutions. 

Once the habit of innovation has developed, the organization will become an organic source of ideas and ways of transformation that the organization is capable of undergoing toward its maturity and greater progress. 

3. Develop innovation pioneers 

As in many human endeavors, innovation also requires the presence of people who seek ways to solve certain problems in simple or ingenious manner. These thinkers can be radical, rebellious and even destructive in the way they approach things; however, allowing them to do what they do best can bring about the necessary improvement in the general environment. 

If Einstein had been content with accepting the ideas of Galileo and Newton, he would not have come up with the Theory of Relativity. Had he been content with his job as a patent-office clerk, he would not have brought about revolutionary changes in the study of our physical world. 

An organization needs these pioneers who will lead the way to innovation and to productivity. 

4. Conduct trial-and-error runs to ferret out errors 

Brainstorming sessions can provide as many innovative solutions to a particular problem. However, trimming down the list to a few possible and least risky will suffice to propel the process toward a positive outcome. Taking into consideration profitability and efficiency in the implementation, the organization can then choose one or more of the remaining solutions to achieve maximum productivity. 

Committing mistakes is a given in almost any endeavor in life. Yet the fear of failure which will result in stagnation and loss of income can prevent many from taking necessary risks. Without a healthy amount of risk-taking, innovation cannot produce the necessary benefits it is meant to achieve. 

5. Instill creative competition 

Finally, in order to sustain an atmosphere conducive to innovation, an organization will do well to select people who have diverse talents and disciplinary backgrounds in order to maintain a broad base for addressing issues. When each distinct perspective is given the chance to present the problem, a more synergistic and encompassing solution will arise. 

Asaba Group Holdings believes in capability of people with wide experience and excellent professionalism to innovate according to the processes described above. It has always subscribed to the holistic approach as the determining factor for making any organization thrive in the dynamic and highly-competitive environment.

Victor Edozien on Building Productive Lives through Lasting Values

Asaba Group Holdings was found in 2004 after it took over Asaba Group, Inc. which was established in 1999 as a management consulting company that specialized in strategy and business improvement. Since then, ASG has maintained its focus on providing solutions to its customers through lasting values that have served as the guiding principles in the company's operations.

First and foremost among these values is the company's insistence to focus on satisfying customers' needs and expectations. More often than not, customers rely upon consulting companies such as ASG to provide them with the necessary knowledge and advice regarding their personal or business financial issues. With due diligence, Asaba Group Holdings serves its customers by surpassing their expectations and, thereby, assuring that they return to the company for their future business concerns. Building trust and confidence is the sure and proper way toward building lasting relationships in any area of activity.

Beyond trust and confidence, the company also upholds its respect for its customers and expects the same level of respect from them in return. Without this valuable virtue actively at work in the business world, no amount of material gain can justify the loss of this age-old quality which our ancestors labored to uphold in their own lives and their undertakings.

Passion for excellence adds to the values that Asaba Group Holdings adheres to and strives to deliver positive results in all its transactions. Through its teams composed of experienced professionals, customers are assured of competent and reliable management consultancy service that redounds to their productive future.

Uncompromising adherence to ethical practice characterizes the company's attitude in its dealings with customers and the community it operates in. A good reputation is never given but earned by those who stick to the written as well as the unwritten ethical rules of the business.

Innovation drives Asaba Group Holdings in its pursuit for excellence as well as in delivering service to its customers. This continuing process compels its teams to work together as one synergistic structure to deliver clear, viable and economical solutions designed to achieve goals set by the company and the customers at the start.

 Reaching out to the community includes one of the company's many commitments to improve the lives of people, whether staff or customers. Supporting the needs of the less fortunate or the disadvantaged answers the firm's objective of sharing its fortunes to those who lack material things in life.

Finally, Asaba Group Holdings upholds and respects the diversity of cultures and beliefs in the modern global environment. Through close and unhindered interactions and exchanges of ideas, as well as free expressions of individual talents, the firm is able to provide an open linkage among its workers and clients and, thereby, enhancing the abilities of all involved in attaining holistic solutions and building communities.

This is how Asaba conducts itself in the business world. It has survived this long because it has adapted and grown throughout its many years of learning how people think and behave. The company is a living mind and body that has real and caring people for its most valuable assets.