Risk & Business Magazine Miller Insurance Spring 2016 | Page 30

R & Simplicity in Innovation B Success Stories From Our Own Backyard BY: MILLER INSURANCE I n recent years, the most innovative companies have shared a few common characteristics. While any company can be a success, given the time and the right circumstances, the strongest companies are able to withstand outside pressures and continue to thrive for decades. Those companies are the ones which have case studies written about them in business schools. Those companies are the models that other companies try to emulate when they begin doing business for themselves. They are the companies which inspire individuals within them to improve themselves and improve their craft year after year. companies are the ones who clearly care about the work that they are doing. They do not cut corners, they show their love of their craft through all of the things that they do for clients and for the public at large. • • Company culture – A solid and open company culture complete with a set of core values and individuals picked for the team who all fit within that framework. A good company culture increases productivity even beyond what individual advancement is able to do through increased teamwork. • Dedication – D YX