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These companies failed because leaders did not want to hear bad news: The Ostrich Effect

Idea to Value

We had a target to hit, and I was responsible for producing the reporting for the rest of the leadership team (of which he was one), but as time went on it became clearer and clearer that it would be impossible to hit the target, which would have an impact on the overall team budget. Volkswagen.

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Workplace Culture: Productive People Make High-performing Teams That Produce Rapid Results

Innovation Excellence

How do you define the culture of your workplace? A positive, engaging workplace culture can attract and retain talented employees, increase productivity, and even improve financial performance. Workplace culture can change rapidly with world events, and play an important role in how employees respond to and operate in times of crisis.

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5 Leadership Lessons from 2015’s Business Headlines

Adam Hartung

2015 was not short on bad decisions, nor bad outcomes. But there are 5 major leadership themes from 2015 that can help companies be better in 2016: 1 – Cost cutting, restructurings and stock buybacks do not increase company value – Dow/DuPont. 2 – Doing more of the same is not innovative and does not create value – McDonald’s.

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How 2015 Changed Corporate Innovation: An Overview

Innovation Excellence

There were several key (and generally welcome) themes that emerged throughout 2015 within corporate innovation. It is truly an exciting time to be in this field and to see these changes form across the industry.

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How do you make a culture of innovation stick?

100%Open

100%Open is not a culture change agency, it’s an open innovation company whose mission is to connect the suits and the sneakers. The answer to this question provides a clue as to what innovation culture is and how to change it. But also something good happened to our clients’ cultures. Permanently.

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Planbox Acquires Imaginatik Creating an Agile Innovation Powerhouse

Imaginatik

Planbox, the pioneering provider of AI-Powered Agile Innovation Management software, and Imaginatik, the #1 ranked leader in Corporate Innovation Management according to Forrester Research, will join forces to seize on the innovation boom. Imaginatik has an incredibly talented team and product with a lot of potential.

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Nothing new under the innovation sun

Jeffrey Phillips

I rise today to praise Innovation Leader and Innosight on their publication of the 2015 Innovation Benchmarking Report. Even corporations with long time commitments to innovation find it difficult to sustain an innovation team or capability. The reporting is fantastic.

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