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Making New Mistakes

Nothing is quite so frustrating as working with a client who claims to want and need innovation, but is paralyzed by indecision or doubt. Unless, of course, it is a client who has decided that regardless of the new ideas they generate, they will all fail, because of the mistakes they made in the past. Continue reading

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Does Your Incentive Program Reward Results or Behaviors?

Who gets rewarded for innovating in your organization? Is it only those teams that manage to successfully carry an idea all the way through to a lucrative reality? What happens to teams that work on ideas that did not pan out? Continue reading

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If you’re tired of being an effective leader, here’s some timely advice on how to do it badly. Continue reading

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Innovators Get Better With Age

Tom Agan wrote an inspiring article in The New York Times on innovators and age. According to research by Benjamin Jones of Northwestern University, a 55-year-old and even a 65-year-old have significantly more innovation potential than a 25-year-old. Continue reading

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Six Habits of Social Entrepreneurs

What makes some entrepreneurs succeed while others fail? Charles Tsai of Social Creatives argues that it all boils down to six best practices – or habits. These six are fundamental to creating positive change in today’s world. Continue reading

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The Pain of Skeptic Executives - An Open Innovation Challenge

This should have been a short message to executives and other people in influential positions, who are skeptical towards opening up their corporate innovation efforts.. Continue reading

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Leadership and Simplicity

One of the most effective ways to order your world is to simplify everything you encounter. However the problem for many is keeping it simple often becomes very difficult when our basic human nature is to over-complicate everything we touch. Continue reading

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