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How Effective Leadership Skills Foster Strong, High-Performing TeamsĀ 

Brunner

In sales, for example, it’s crucial to pick up on cues from prospects or clients you’re interacting with. ” Dan Gbur manages the strategic planning and new business acquisition initiatives for Brunnerā€™s Digital Performance Marketing and Analytics practice. com) in 2011. com) in 2011.

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Taking on the knowledge barrier: Solar lessons for consumers and producers

Christensen Institute

Though many have heard of solar energy, perhaps even used it, not everyone knows how these systems work, what they consist of, or more specifically, how to be a successful market-creator in the solar industry of growth economies. One of the major obstacles to solar energy adoption in Nigeria and many growth economies is knowledge.

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How President Lula da Silva should help the poor in Brazil this time?

Christensen Institute

trillion high in 2011, Brazilā€™s GDP in 2021 shrunk to $1.6 In our paper, Leveraging market-creating innovations to solve Brazilā€™s education paradox , we highlight two main development strategies, push and pull. Itā€™s important to note that many of the resources pushed are designed to be helpful and are often welcome by communities.

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Learning to be Innovative ā€“ Future Buildingā€™s Crucial Role in Driving Innovation Impact

Imaginatik

Nearly all of their brands were struggling with stagnant or declining market share. An obvious example is a clue from 2011 ā€“ the public launch of Uberā€™s ride-sharing program in San Francisco. Many innovation programs, and some R&D teams, benefit from full-time staff who work as designated innovation scouts.

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Nine Short Innovation Lessons from Lego

Destination Innovation

They asked customers to help design new products. David Gram, Head of Marketing at Legoā€™s Future Lab, said, ā€œWe only develop the few key features that are really needed. We throw it into the market and get feedback from consumers.ā€. As recently as 2011 90% of Lego’s users were boys. Study the user in action.

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The Book that Took 9 Years to Publish

Stephen Shapiro

March 2011: I submitted the final manuscript to Penguin for Best Practices are Stupid. April 2011: Almost immediately after submitting the manuscript, I conceived the concept of a ā€œChallenge Toolkit.ā€ May 2011: I created a spreadsheet cataloging a number of lenses. Over time I added to it, collecting dozens of them.

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Innovation Lessons from the Master, Steve Jobs

Destination Innovation

At the age of 21 Jobs founded Apple with Steve Wozniak in order to market the Apple I personal computer. Jobs worked with designer Jonathan Ive to develop a stunning sequence of new product blockbusters: the iMac, iTunes, Apple Stores, the iPod, the iTunes Store, the iPhone, the App Store, and the iPad. Lessons for innovators.