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Crossing the Chasm: Overcoming hurdles to scaling innovation

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The fact is that innovation practitioners need a framework of thinking about innovation scale as well as the ability to document key scaling issues across essential topics such as regulation, operations, technology, people and culture. The best way to address climate and culture change over the long term.

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5 Ways to Fail at Innovation

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From day one, foster a healthy cultural balance between garage entrepreneur and savvy corporate executive. Recognize that best practices of innovation are different from how you’re used to working, and force your team to learn the real tricks of the trade – Discovery, Lean Startup, Ideation, Creative facilitation, Design Thinking, etc.

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Slaying the Two-Track Innovation Agenda

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It is not "culture" so much as simple ingrained habit: leaders' decision-making intuitions, employees' subconscious pride in their work, well-worn processes faithfully followed. They followed best practices of design thinking, lean startup, and rapid prototyping to turn early-stage ideas into high-potential opportunities.