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Serial entrepreneur and investor Reid Hoffman encourages individuals to become the entrepreneurs of their own lives. Hoffman shares the importance of taking intelligent risks, building thoughtful...
View Article10 Tips for Successful Innovation Teams
Innovation projects are said to fail 90% of the time. Why is this? Part of the answer lies in the special “innovation teams” who are mandated with finding breakthrough growth in large corporations....
View ArticleCareer Skills Needed for Innovation Leadership and Intrapreneurship
Companies need two kinds of people to make innovation initiatives successful, according to Stefan Lindegaard. They need innovation leaders who focus on building the internal platform required to...
View ArticleThe Best Motivation for Innovation is ‘Being in Flow’
An important topic in Innovation Management is that of motivation. What kind of incentives can an organization provide to stimulate innovation? Bengt Järrehult argues that there is no such thing as...
View ArticleThe Innovative Employee: Traits, Knowledge and Company Culture
How can a companies’ ability to innovate be improved?All innovation activity can be traced back to the behavior of employees. That makes the employee the center point of attention, if you want to...
View ArticleHow to Assess an Innovation Training Program
As innovation becomes an important skill set, large organizations will seek to obtain training for their employees. We stand on the brink of an innovation training “land rush” with few rules and little...
View ArticleInnovators Aren’t Born – They’re Made
Today, the “business as usual” is not sufficient. What we experience at an increasing pace are razor-thin margins, heightened global competition and a rollercoaster economy. Innovation is the key to...
View ArticleInnovator’s Accelerator: Imparting the Skills of the Innovator
Is it possible for companies to teach the skills of innovation to leaders and teams to help secure a marketplace advantage? The six-week Innovator’s Accelerator™online program is designed to do just...
View ArticleBuild a Fast and Efficient Innovation Team
Since we’re obliged to pursue innovation in a competitive marketplace, speed matters. In fact, it matters a great deal, for your competitors aren’t waiting, and you cannot afford to allow them to get...
View ArticleKey Abilities of Effective Innovation Leaders
In the last chapter excerpt of The Innovation Formula we looked at the role of the business leader, including key strategies to communicate the purpose of innovation as well as taking on the...
View ArticleHow Innovation and Authenticity Complement Each Other in a Corporate Environment
Authenticity and innovation are two of today’s biggest corporate buzzwords. They are often considered as separate values, but in reality they have much in common and in this article we will examine the...
View ArticleRecognizing Skills and Weaknesses
Lands' End CEO Federica Marchionni discusses the importance of recognizing weaknesses as opportunities for growth. She uses the clothing company's push to open a 9,000-square-foot flagship store in New...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Innovative Mindset: Can it be learned?
Where do creativity and innovation come from? It’s an age old question: are creativity and innovation innate abilities, something you’re either born with or not, or can they be learned? While the...
View ArticleUrgently Wanted: The Design Driven Manager
The potential of Design Thinking becomes more and more visible because organizations like Apple, Coca-Cola, IBM, Nike en Proctor & Gamble not only show overtly that they use it, but start showing...
View ArticleA Closer Look at the Three Skill Sets that Enable Innovation
In our previous posts, we’ve made two major points. One: innovation is vital for the long-term survival of any business. And two: a handful of crazy ideas won’t cut the mustard. Successful innovation...
View ArticleLeadership Summit: Why Working Together is Critical for Growth
Connectivity, collaboration, sustainability and inclusiveness were the key themes of the opening session of the high-level Leadership Summit, sponsored by TRA, UAE and moderated by Jeremy Wilks of...
View ArticleThe Space Between Hesitation and Commitment with Michael Gervais
Michael Gervais is a high-performance psychologist who works in the trenches of high-stakes environments, he is a recognized speaker on optimal human performance, and he is the host of the Finding...
View ArticleInnovation, Suffocation & Trump Nation
Innovation at best is like watering a nice healthy plant, making it grow and blossom; however, watering without the plant is just getting the dirt wet. Nothing happens. Currently, all over the world...
View ArticleCreative Strength Training
Creativity: a highly sought-after skill which can be illusive in times of need. The big question is what can we do about it? Whether you’re a professional artist, dancer, comedian, scientist, inventor...
View Article10 Skills You Need to Nurture in Your Innovation Group
Organizational innovation requires discipline. And like any other discipline, it requires monitoring and training to make sure that you’re on the cutting edge of your capabilities. But what skills...
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