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Tony Hsieh – The Remarkable Cultural Innovator at Zappos

Destination Innovation

By 2009, he had grown revenues to $1 billion. The remarkable culture which Hsieh developed at Zappos starts with the hiring process which is longer and more involved than traditional recruitment. Zappos hires slowly with the emphasis on cultural fit. Zappos has a culture book that is written and updated by employees.

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How travel can improve your creativity

Idea to Value

Travel has always been a passion of mine, driving me to see landmarks at the edges of the world, meet new people and explore new cultures. Another larger study from 2009 analyzed the impact not only of traveling abroad temporarily, but living abroad for an extended period of time. And along the way, find out more about myself as well.

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Building a Culture of Innovation

Fehmida Kapadia

The right geographical, cultural, and economic environments can create an ecosystem that facilitates innovation and creativity. Based on his research and my experience, I will discuss the four pillars that can be used to create these environments of innovation and creativity to build a culture of innovation.

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IDEA 2009: An Interview with Leisa Reichelt

Boxes and Arrows

As IDEA 2009 draws closer, the IA Institute is conducting a series of interviews with the speakers for the conference. How important is local knowledge and understanding of cultural nuance in the design of social interactions online? You are currently in the UK, but have worked in Australia and on multi-national projects in the past.

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13 Guidelines for Navigating the New Decade Ahead

Innovation Excellence

In 2009, after a speech at the St. Petersburg International Economic Summit (Russia’s Davos), I wandered into a panel discussion on the topic of trade wars, led by New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman. My thought was: “why this topic?” Trade wars were not on most people’s radar, certainly not mine.

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Innovative Businesses Prioritize Creativity

Daniel Burrus

The age of your product, service, culture, and even your employees is not the problem. Corporate culture that has been in existence for a long time can work for you or against you, depending on the key values of that culture. Often it takes a crisis to make us step back and rethink our products, services, and even our culture.

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InnovationOps: the Next Evolution of Innovation Management

Innov8rs

This synchronized system is called InnovationOps, which marks the next phase of evolution of innovation management in large organizations- like DevOps that was coined in 2009, to operationalize software development. This also helps to cultivate a culture of continuous learning, and the agility that comes with it.