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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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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. So in the same way wellbeing boosts our immune system, culture serves as a company’s immune system, giving it the resilience to meet inevitable challenges.

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Design Thinking Case Studies

InnovationTraining.org

By reviewing their successes (and failures), you can learn how to incorporate innovation and design thinking methodology into your own processes, practices, and people. In 2013, GGRC began working with the Stanford d.school to learn the basics of design thinking. Contact us online today to learn how to get started.

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Ideate or Deteriorate – Why Companies Must Learn How To Be Innovative to Achieve Major Growth

Qmarkets

Is innovation a superfluous fad that just won’t go away, or is learning how to be innovative crucial for futureproofing an enterprise? This is a prime example of why, when learning how to be innovative, it's crucial for companies to utilise the knowledge of their employees. So which one is it? Picture Perfect?

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USA Falling Behind in Innovation

Gregg Fraley

Infrastructure and Education Project Idea: Learn, Build, Innovate USA. Learn, Build, Innovate USA is an idea for a national project. All in one big, long term, culture changing project. It’s project based learning, which has been proven to be effective and culture changing. Main Culprit? A working title?

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

Qmarkets

I like quoting a researcher and UC Berkley professor, Henry Chesbrough, one of the pioneering thinkers in this domain, who conducted in 2013 the first large sample survey of open innovation adoption among large by surveying large firms in both Europe and the US with annual sales in excess of US$ 250 million.

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Awesome Innovation Infographic To Double Your Effectiveness

Gijs Van Wulfen

The innovation methodology is called FORTH – an acronym found in the first letter of each of the 5 steps: Full Steam Ahead, Observe & Learn, Raise Ideas, Test Ideas and Homecoming. FORTH was developed in practice and has been used successfully in Europe by more than 35 organizations in both B2B and B2C markets and in non-profit sectors.