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The Detriments of a Command-and-Control Culture and the Power of Design Thinking

Tullio Siragusa

The Detriments of a Command-and-Control Culture and the Power of Design Thinking In the competitive landscape of modern business, the approach we take to leadership can make or break an organization. This lack of trust leads to poor collaboration, hampers problem-solving, and ultimately affects the overall success of the company.

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Implementing Open Innovation: Insights from Ariana Smetana of AccelIQ Digital

Qmarkets

Open innovation is a core strategy for transformative growth amongst a growing number of enterprise companies around the world. The days of boardrooms and R&D departments keeping innovation under lock and key are waning, as companies are increasingly preferring a more collaborative approach with startups and other external parties.

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Are You Future-Proof? Preparing for Technological Disruptions

Phil McKinney

The internet also created entirely new industries, such as e-commerce and online advertising, while giving rise to an entire culture of digital content creators. One example of a company or industry that failed to adapt and suffered as a result is Blockbuster Video. The Impact of Not Preparing for Disruptions.

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7 Must-Read Books on Innovation Strategy

IdeaScale

Deciphering Innovation: How Disruption Drives Companies to Transform or Die by Lisa Hendrickson and Jim Colwick . Disruption” is becoming an empty buzzword, but it remains true that small companies with big ideas can, and ultimately will, upend almost everything we currently think of as the rock-solid order.

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Open-Source Innovation: Insights from Ariana Smetana of AccelIQ Digital

Qmarkets

Open-source innovation (or simply ‘open innovation’) is developing into a core strategy for transformative growth amongst enterprise companies around the world. With a network that spans across the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East, the company helps its clients to grow by facilitating partnerships across its global startup ecosystem.

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Boards of Directors Assessing Corporate Culture: It's About Time!

Michael Roberto

to company reputation, share price, etc. In many of these cases, investigators and analysts have blamed the corporate culture. The organizational cultures encouraged inappropriate behavior and discouraged people from sharing bad news. Joann Lublin reports: Corporate culture counts. Companies such as Citigroup Inc.

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Why Trust is the Foundation for Constructive Disagreement

Innovation Excellence

In 2010, after two years and 348 pages of research I found the answer to my research question of “why are people so much more creative when they work in startups than when they work in mature companies?” I could really boil it down to two words: innovation culture.

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