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What impact does time pressure have on creativity?

Idea to Value

Companies such as AT&T’s Bell Labs (leading to the transistor and the laser), 3M allowing people to have 15% of their time to work on projects of personal interest (leading to Post-It notes ) and Google. Simple steps you can take include: Blocking out time in your calendar to focus on and make progress on challenging tasks.

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The Nuanced Art of Leadership: When to Step in and When to Guide

Tullio Siragusa

The Nuanced Art of Leadership: When to Step in and When to Guide When it comes to team dynamics and organizational behavior, leadership remains a constant beacon guiding the ship. But how does one lead effectively, ensuring team growth while also achieving the organization’s objectives? Leadership isn’t a one-size-fits-all endeavor.

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Momentum — Team Effectiveness Training

Gregg Fraley

…Accelerating Teams Through Assessment and Training. It’s a sad fact of organizational life that only a small percentage of teams achieve high function. Most teams muddle along, and get the essential things done — or not. And, all teams can improve, with training. Teams Improve With Momentum Training.

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The Innovative Mentor

IdeaScale

Mentors see themselves as people developers. They take a long-term view of their staff and see innovation projects as an opportunity to stretch their employees’ capabilities and to help them achieve their aspirations. A mentor enables innovators to focus on their project results while also learning about themselves along the way.

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3 Questions You Need to Ask Before Creating an Innovation Roadmap

Leapfrogging

In January 1996, two Stanford PhD students started working on a research project that would change the world. They nicknamed their project BackRub, because it checked backlinks of websites to determine their importance. What are your biggest weaknesses within the business, and what are your biggest challenges to overcoming them?

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The Fallacy of the Aha Moment & Overnight Success in Innovation

Idea to Value

While the visit unquestionably left an impression on him, the theory was actually only developed through the many conversations he had years after the visit with people who had also done research on the topic. The end result was an adhesive that was very weak but reusable as it peeled off without leaving stains. The Post-It note.

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Innovation is a Brutal DIY Project

Gregg Fraley

Innovation Learning Points From the Great Faucet DIY Fiasco. I’m the Abraham Lincoln of home fix-it DIY projects. As an innovation consultant who is a facilitator, team builder, idea person, and strategist, my need for hands-on engineering skills are minimal. And I learn. You have more time to learn.

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