Mon.Jun 13, 2022

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How to and Why Be Genuine as a Leader

Tullio Siragusa

How to and Why Be Genuine as a Leader. There is a significant difference between leadership and management. Leaders inspire and work in an upside-down pyramid fashion, while managers are often seeking to be on the top of the pyramid with everyone else beneath. Leaders create and move things forward; managers handle things. Leaders lead people, managers manage stuff.

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Four Reasons the Big Quit Exists

Innovation Excellence

Turns out the pandemic prompted mass numbers of employees finally say, “take this job and shove it” to employers and careers they don’t like. Life is too short to be miserable at work.

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Ask WHY?

IdeaSpies

Simon Sinek is an unshakable optimist who believes in a bright future and our ability to build it together. He has devoted his life to sharing his thinking, and leading a movement to inspire people to do the things that inspire them.Simon may be best known for popularising the concept of WHY in his first Ted Talk in 2009. It has since become one of the most watched talks of all time.

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The Luxury of Invention

100%Open

Hands up who likes to be creative? I know I do. As someone who very firmly identifies as a Co-lab ‘Explorer’ I really enjoy taking things – physical, virtual or conceptual – and letting my imagination loose on what these could become. You might think that some of this is at odds with someone who has had a very structured, logical, scientific background and I wouldn’t disagree.

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Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data

Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Why Innovation Operations Are Critical

Wellspring

This article was originally published on Chemical Engineering.

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2. Avoid Becoming a One-Hit Wonder

Stephen Shapiro

In yesterday’s strategy from Best Practices are Stupid, I talked about the three levels of innovation: event, capability, and system. In today’s post, we explore the capability level. Here is strategy 2: Avoid Becoming a One-Hit Wonder. Do you know the bands Lipps Inc, The Sugar Hill Gang, or Haddaway? You might know the song that each of these artists made famous: Funky Town, Rapper’s Delight, and What is Love, respectively.