Tullio Siragusa

JULY 24, 2023

Why Command-and-Control Culture Fails Stifles Creativity and Innovation A command-and-control culture tends to stifle creativity and innovation, as it leaves no room for employees to contribute their ideas or think outside the box. Employees become mere executors of orders, leading to a lack of engagement and motivation.

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Tullio Siragusa

JANUARY 15, 2024

This fosters an environment of psychological safety where employees feel valued, emboldened to share ideas, and invested in collective goals. It is empathy that bridges divides and fosters the psychological safety for people to truly engage with those different from themselves.

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Qmarkets

JUNE 3, 2021

Yet, innovation doesn’t just happen, it starts with ideas. Ideas can result in new revenue streams, product improvements, enhanced employee engagement, and more. Idea software helps organizations do this by providing a structured innovation framework that can be launched across an organization.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Ideation sessions These structured brainstorming sessions allow individuals from many different areas of the business to come together to generate and share new ideas. Hackathons can last anywhere from a few hours to a few days and are usually open to anyone, including employees, customers, and partners.

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Tullio Siragusa

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

It’s a more profound reflection of its core, influencing its product quality, pricing, employee relations, and customer engagement. Walk into any of their flagship stores, and you’ll witness employees who’ve undergone rigorous training to maintain this gold standard. Test your ideas on a micro-scale.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 1, 2017

Recently a customer asked me if I could share some insight as to what type of incentives really work to drive engagement across divisions and companies. In other words, if your goal is to source high-caliber, implementation-ready ideas then participation volume is simply one of several things you might want to optimize.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 25, 2022

It refers to employees who do the bare minimum required of them and nothing more. Quiet quitters are a classic example of poorly engaged employees. Employee engagement refers to the extent to which a company’s staff are invested in their roles and in the success of the business as a whole. Absolutely.

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Tullio Siragusa

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

This blog covers the principles of empathy and equivalence, emphasizing their importance in creating a more positive and productive work environment. Equivalence, meanwhile, challenges traditional hierarchical structures by treating all employees’ ideas and contributions as equally important.

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Tullio Siragusa

JANUARY 8, 2024

The journey towards becoming a ‘Radical’ organization is rooted in these principles, shaping an environment where love, respect, and genuine engagement thrive. It’s a path that leads not only to enhanced productivity and innovation but also to a more fulfilled life for people and an engaged workforce.

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Jeffrey Phillips

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Of course many of these conversations revolve around innovation and new product or service development (or the lack thereof), and how people are engaged in their work and their roles. He documented the idea that in some activities, people can lose themselves in their work. Time passes without notice.

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Qmarkets

JULY 22, 2021

Employee ideas are the backbone of any corporate innovation initiative, and therefore a strong idea generation process that can be scaled across your organization is key. So, the process itself must be carefully tailored to your organization’s culture, needs, and fit seamlessly within your business to ensure employee adoption.

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Qmarkets

MAY 18, 2021

Therefore, in this article, we will explore three of the most important frameworks that you need to consider in order for idea management to become an effective and valuable resource for your company. While Michael Scott from The Office might not be the best example when it comes to political correctness, he always listens to his employees.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 22, 2017

In this case, the City of Calgary was a leader in generating engagement with their innovation program. In short, they used multiple channels to communicate with their audience, they empowered their moderators to keep the conversation going, and ideas were constantly being trafficked. But how did they do it?

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Tullio Siragusa

JANUARY 30, 2023

Magnetize Your Team: How CEOs Can Attract the Right Leadership by Being the Right Leader It’s been often said that a CEO’s success depends on hiring the right team, but this blog isn’t about that. A great leader is someone who can attract and retain top talent, inspire, and motivate employees, and effectively manage and delegate tasks.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 26, 2021

In this blog we’ll endeavour to cut through the noise and give you a full overview of how organizations innovate, why they choose to adopt the practice, and what they achieve out of it. The Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary defines innovation as ‘a new idea or method, or the use of new ideas and methods’ 1.

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Tullio Siragusa

MAY 30, 2022

To bring about this kind of transformation, Design Thinking can be used to foster creativity in the process of validating new products and services, bringing innovative ideas to market, create a happier workplace for employees, and improving the business outlook. Blog Subscrition Here Email*. What is Design Thinking?

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

All managers dread this and go to great lengths to improve engagement in the workplace. Whether it’s motivating staff, reaching customers, or simply having a conversation, employers want engaging interactions. The dilemma is, how do managers create engagement? No, the secret to employee engagement is curiosity and challenge.

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IdeaScale

JULY 7, 2021

The EO “charges all agencies with assessing the current state of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility within their workforces and developing strategic plans to eliminate any barriers to success faced by underserved employees.” Integrating Workforce Perspective into Strategic Planning.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 12, 2017

You will likely engage your experts and authorities at the earliest stages or your program through discussion. This is the whole idea of crowdsourcing: to gather and synthesize the input of many minds! This blog post is part of a series authored by IdeaScale employees. This is a good thing!

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Tullio Siragusa

AUGUST 30, 2021

How Employees Can Affect Change. Employees are the core of organizations. For the most part, in traditional companies, the majority have no say on decisions made by executives, yet employees are the lifeline of the business. These employees have brought about structural changes to the way things were being done.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 26, 2021

In this blog we’ll endeavour to cut through the noise and give you a full overview of how organizations innovate, why they choose to adopt the practice, and what they achieve out of it. The Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary defines innovation as ‘a new idea or method, or the use of new ideas and methods’ 1.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In our last blog for Qmarkets we introduced you to the concept of Three Horizons and explained how this methodology can help you create a balanced long-term innovation portfolio. With about 840 employees, active in more than 20 countries and six continents, Barenbrug have been experts in their field for over 100 years.

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 8, 2021

What does it entail, how expensive is it, and how is it any different from simply collecting ideas from employees and customers? In this, the first entry in our innovation management FAQ blog series, we provide answers to these burning questions – and much more! But what is innovation management , exactly?

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PlanBox Innovation

AUGUST 17, 2021

That is, they fail to recognize the tremendous value their own community of employees, customers, partners, and others can bring to the table. Here’s the thing: Your community has ideas. Lots of ideas. But what are you doing to source these ideas? But what are you doing to source these ideas? And to evaluate them?

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Tullio Siragusa

JUNE 7, 2022

To bring innovations into the merger process, Design Thinking encourages questioning, assuming, the collaboration of employees, brainstorming, building prototypes, testing the newly created ideas, and getting continuous feedback. They are highly focused on revenue generation and employee integration. There is a better way.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Some presenters demonstrated how to first determine what their citizen priorities might be and then lead the way in defining their local agendas — similar to how the NYPD increased citizen engagement through a crowdsourced idea campaign. This blog post is part of a series authored by IdeaScale employees.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 23, 2018

Tackling massive problems such as social injustice, income inequality, healthcare availability, sustainability (among others) requires innovation, a process by which ideas are transformed into implemented services or products. This process, however, is not as easy as it sounds for nonprofit organizations.

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Tullio Siragusa

APRIL 11, 2022

Ideating: In this phase, we aim to generate several ideas to represent potential solutions. Prototyping, Testing, and Iterating: The iteration process tests and refines the ideas generated during the ideation phase, while prototyping helps push the process of delivering a tangible outcome forward. Blog Subscrition Here Email*.

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PlanBox Innovation

AUGUST 3, 2021

Collaborative innovation software brings purpose, focus, and structure to collaboration to help you turn ideas into commercial value. But as good as these tools are for conversations, follow-ups, and meetings, they nonetheless lack the capacity to bring ideas to market through collaborative concept development.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Now is the time to engage with the disruptive forces reshaping virtually every industry by turning radically disruptive signals into strategy, and strategy into action. This will require entirely new levels of innovation throughout every enterprise and unique ability to continually engage all stakeholders. L eading the Way.

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Thinkers360 - Thought Leader Interviews

APRIL 7, 2024

Thought Leader and Influencer Interview Thinkers360 thought leader interviews profile prominent members of the Thinkers360 community who embody the power of ideas in their work. The dynamic nature of the job keeps me engaged and motivated, as each project presents unique opportunities for growth and innovation.

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Stephen Shapiro

DECEMBER 27, 2022

So I decided to see if ChatGPT could write a blog entry for me. I asked it: “ Please write me an 800 word blog entry on why innovation is important to large organizations. Large organizations should create opportunities for cross-functional collaboration and encourage employees to share their ideas and insights.

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority ( MARTA ) is one of the largest transit agencies in the United States with around 4,500 employees. The ‘Your Ride, You Decide’ program crowdsourced ideas and feedback on designs for MARTA’s new fleet of rail cars from thousands of riders across the region.

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Thinkers360 - Thought Leader Interviews

MARCH 31, 2024

Highlighted Content : Why People Reject Ideas , Seven Essential Elements for X-Factor Ideas. Thought Leader and Influencer Interview Thinkers360 thought leader interviews profile prominent members of the Thinkers360 community who embody the power of ideas in their work.

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Thinkers360 - Thought Leader Interviews

MARCH 22, 2024

Brands & Companies : Sign up to find and work with advisors, analysts, authors, influencers and speakers in your niche and to amplify your own executives, thought leaders, employee advocates and content among our opt-in community with over 100M followers on social media combined! ML: Be curious.

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IdeaScale

JULY 28, 2022

These web-focused brainstorming innovation tools will allow you and your team to put together more ideas and collaborate smoothly regardless of distance. It discusses how to leverage innovation tools and create the right environment, encouraging employees to speak up and share ideas. IdeaBoardz.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 30, 2018

And it’s of great value to offer a sense of purpose in the workplace : people feel more engaged, have better job satisfaction, and even perform their tasks with more accuracy. Having a way to harness that diversity of insight and perspective could be vital to implementing new ideas into existing work practices.

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