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Tony Hsieh – The Remarkable Cultural Innovator at Zappos

Destination Innovation

In 2013 it became a holacracy without job titles, where employees could self-organize. 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. He upended the company structure.

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Creative Construction – Book review

The Inovo Group

Well-respected Harvard Business School professor and HBR contributor Gary Pisano has weighed in on the topic of large company innovation in his new book ‘Creative Construction’. It is most useful, however, as a foundation on which corporate innovators can build their own innovation strategy, system and culture – a task left for the reader.

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Leading Experts Share Challenges in Human Resources During the Pandemic and Trends in Employee Health and Wellness

Business and Tech

John Adcock : Onboarding new team members and fully immersing them into the culture of the organization continues to be a challenge of a hybrid workforce. The science is clear that when we prioritize our wellbeing, we’re more creative, productive, and resilient, and we make better decisions. Richard Branson Founder, Virgin Group.

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Implementing Open Innovation: Insights from Ariana Smetana of AccelIQ Digital

Qmarkets

After that, I decided to chart a different course by exploring my other interests and developing my creative side, which I expressed by founding an interior design and workspace strategy firm in 2010. Hence, driving a cultural shift is foundational. How does AccelIQ work with its clients?

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

Qmarkets

After that, I decided to chart a different course by exploring my other interests and developing my creative side, which I expressed by founding an interior design and workspace strategy firm in 2010. Hence, driving a cultural shift is foundational. How does AccelIQ work with its clients?

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Design Thinking for the Greater Good: Innovation in the Social Sector

Innovation in Practice

Through ten stories of struggles and successes in fields such as health care, education, agriculture, transportation, social services, and security, the authors show how collaborative creativity can shake up even the most entrenched bureaucracies—and provide a practical roadmap for readers to implement these tools.

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Wazoku Platform Delivers Ideas, Creativity and Improved Communication at SSCL

Wazoku

SSCL was established in 2013, bringing together people from different government departments and the Wazoku platform offered a common innovation portal covering all SSCL locations. “We The post Wazoku Platform Delivers Ideas, Creativity and Improved Communication at SSCL appeared first on Wazoku. Wazoku calls this EveryDay innovation.