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The Importance of Prioritizing Employee Well-Being and Psychological Safety

Business and Tech

The science is clear that when we prioritize our well-being, we’re more creative, productive, and resilient, and we make better decisions. Well-being isn’t just a perk, it’s a competitive advantage. My turning point came in 2007, when I collapsed from exhaustion and broke my cheekbone.

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How to Spot Your Innovation Blind Spot

Phil McKinney

A culture that doesn't reward or recognize creative thinking can stifle innovation and make it difficult to see outside the established norms. Be curious and invest in learning about new industries, trends, and technologies. It was a far-fetched idea that posed too many technical and legal challenges to pursue.

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Business Model Innovation Basics Series - Part 2: Why Business Model Innovation Matters

The BMI Lab Blog

Learnings from sports competitions Competition in business is similar to sports competitions – there are winners and losers. His continuous improvements were mainly creative re-combinations of previously existing concepts far away from cycling sport. But what is the “secret sauce” of winning athletes and companies?

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The Role of Innovation in New Product Development: Three Approaches for Success

Qmarkets

Crowdsourcing allows businesses to target internal and external participants to share their ideas and suggestions via questionnaires, competitions, promotions, and other methods. If an idea gains 10,000 supporters (or votes) from other members, it is considered for production in a ‘Lego Review’.

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Top 3 Alternative Assets for your Business Innovation Strategy

Qmarkets

By establishing a clear process that allows people to share their ideas, it creates an opportunity for creativity. Creativity then facilitates out of the box thinking. This can result in the formation of ideas for new products and strategies, which ultimately can create competitive advantage and deliver incredible ROI.

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PLAYING IT SAFE IS THE MOST DANGEROUS THING YOU CAN DO

Innovation 360 Group

Companies disappear all the time without a word, due to changing cultural values, changing technology, or changing audience demographics. It wasn’t the tech startups alone that brought them down. At the heart of it all was a lack of attention to how customers’ lives had changed into a faster, more tech-savvy world.

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What is idea management and why is it important for any business

hackerearth

Ideas that, if materialized into innovative products or services, align with your organization’s goals, increasing revenues and keeping competition at bay. This is different from creative problem solving where you have to just come up with an idea. It does sound too good to be true, doesn’t it? You couldn’t be more wrong.