article thumbnail

Serious About Your Social Mission? Innovate It.

Leapfrogging

A new book by Silicon Valley tech veteran and innovation advocate Ann Mei Chang, Lean Impact: How to Innovate for Radically Greater Social Good explores the unique challenges that can deter social innovation. This simple stake in the ground is where social innovation begins. Principle 2: Start Small.

article thumbnail

Design Thinking Applied to M&A Integration

Tullio Siragusa

Some activities require an agile approach rather than the waterfall model. ? There are six steps to designing an effective post-merger integration making up for the shortcomings of the templatized approach and the agile principles for uncertainty. Everything is about people. Six Steps Process to Better Merger Integration.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Commander in Chief of Innovation

KindlingApp

Perhaps no one is more committed to American innovation than the US government is right now. While most presidents leave a legacy they claim as theirs alone, Obama’s legacy of innovation and change in government is a call to action to the American people and depends upon citizens stepping forward and helping out.

article thumbnail

11 female innovation leaders share their definition of innovation

Idea to Value

Then, have a process for aligning strategy (which pulls you forward) with budgeting (which anchors you backward) with project governance (which is usually a total mess) with people’s incentives. Social innovation can be any type of innovation from the perspective of how you should treat it.

article thumbnail

Embracing the Circular Economy through Enterprise Architecture

Tullio Siragusa

Embracing the Circular Economy through Enterprise Architecture The concept of a circular economy has been rapidly gaining traction as businesses and governments alike recognize the need to transition from a linear, resource-intensive model to a sustainable, regenerative one.

article thumbnail

How to enable inclusive innovation

hackerearth

Promotes the sustainable production, distribution, and absorption of the innovations. Produces quality goods and services. Is affordable and scalable. Reduces social exclusion. Is agile, collaborative, and empathic. For/by people not typically a part of the development mainstream. (To

How To 62
article thumbnail

Future Trends 2021: Purpose & Co-creation

Be-novative

The reconstruction of the economy, healthcare, social care, and society at large after the devastating global pandemic crisis, will be unprecedented in human history. We need to be prepared to support people with project managers who are skilled in agile and Design Thinking processes to act on these ideas. It is not so trivial, though.

Trends 52