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Constructing the innovation mandate

Paul Hobcraft

We need to understand successful innovation actually touches all aspects of a business, by contributing to improving business processes, identifying new, often imaginative, ways to reduce costs, building out existing business models into new directions and value and discovering new ways and positioning into markets.

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Deepening the Thinking Around the Innovation Mandate – part two

Paul Hobcraft

Understanding this mandate is for all employees and specifically those impacted by the program, especially in research and development, marketing, operations, technical support and development, finance and sales. In any document, feedback and suggestions should be actively sought.

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12 Reasons Budget Meetings Aren’t Strategic and 3 Ways to Fix Them

BrainZooming

Budget meetings are not integrated with strategic planning and business strategy. Accounting and finance act as if they control the business and are integral to generating revenue and profit. Download our FREE eBook, 3 Ways to Turn Budget Meetings into Strategic Activities. 3 Ways to Fix Budget Meetings.

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The 10 Vital Areas to Focus on Right Now

BrainZooming

That recommendation came from my own experience at a transportation company where I’d inherited the marketing department during a labor strike. It’s easy for finance and operations leaders to become strong voices for pushing cost cutting everywhere.

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Atul Ghai

Innovation 360 Group

Background: Senior leader with blend of strategic thinking and execution. Sales & Marketing. Best Practice Marketing for High-Tech Services by Hahn Consulting, US. Quality Essentials for Sales & Marketing. Based in New Delhi, India & Singapore. Managed global teams across multiple functions. Leadership.

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5 Keys to Streamlining Strategic Planning

BrainZooming

A marketing manager is generally the expert on a particular product line. That doesn’t mean, however, it works best for him or her to close the door and spend weeks trying to write a marketing plan individually. finance, operations, market research), and innovators (people that look at business situations differently).

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When the business models shift, innovators rejoice

Jeffrey Phillips

The new contender What does a monolithic company based on either manufacturing or financing do when neither of those models seems particularly attractive in new market conditions? Once a large, venerable corporation makes this kind of commitment, it appears to be either done out of panic or out of astute strategic thinking.