Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Recognizing Toxic Work Environments To initiate the journey towards building a positive work culture, it’s imperative to recognize the current state of your work environment. Signs of a Toxic Work Culture Toxic work cultures can manifest in various ways, and being aware of the signs is crucial for any manager or leader.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

The Imperative of Culture in Organizational Success Understanding Organizational Culture Organizational culture encompasses the shared values, beliefs, and norms that influence how people within an organization interact with each other and work together to achieve business goals.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2023

But they also foster a reactive culture. In this article, the author offers tips that will help you focus on what’s truly urgent in your organization and enable your team to deliver strong results and sustain high performance over time. The headwinds of false urgency can be intense.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 7, 2017

We see seven keys to creating an innovative workplace culture where individuals are able to meaningfully contribute to the organization’s innovation strategy. If you’re looking at your organization and wondering where to start to foster a more innovative workplace culture, here are forty articles to go deeper into the topic.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2024

The new age of flexible of work has encouraged a culture of overwork, which is proving to be harmful to the mental health of employees.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The success of this integration largely hinges on organizational culture. Crucially, recognizing and rewarding behaviors that align with a company’s purpose, as seen with Patagonia and Unilever, solidifies this culture. Companies are increasingly emphasizing a corporate purpose beyond mere profitability.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

While leaders are often focused on how to transform their organizations — and, specifically, their cultures — an equally difficult challenge is keeping a culture steady. As companies go through big changes, they need to retain the best elements of their shared assumptions, values, and common behaviors.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Curiosity is a powerful practice to infuse into a company’s culture. Curiosity is an exceptionally effective tool that leaders have to lead diverse teams in an increasingly complex time filled with technological advancements and an ever-changing cultural pulse. But they need to do so intentionally.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Great corporate cultures are not just good for performance, but for the flourishing and engagement of the people who work in them and to deliver greater meaning and purpose. But oft overlooked is the central role that curiosity plays in crafting an organizational culture.

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Viima

MARCH 29, 2022

The effects of cultural differences for innovation are an interesting and extremely multifaceted topic. For most of us, it probably goes without saying that cross-cultural and multicultural capabilities are crucial in today’s globalized and hyperconnected world, and innovation is no exception.

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Innovation Excellence

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

As noted in previous articles (You don’t have an Innovation Problem, You Have a Trust Problem! Part 1, Part 2, Part 3), trust is the foundation for a culture of innovation, and a culture of innovation is the foundation for innovation and the financial results from it. In this article, I will address one of.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2023

And while it holds the promise of transforming work and giving organizations a competitive advantage, realizing those benefits isn’t possible without a culture that embraces curiosity, failure, and learning. When paired with the capabilities of AI, this kind of culture will unlock a better future of work for everyone.

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HYPE Innovation

AUGUST 30, 2017

The idea that an open culture can be engineered or that cultural change can be outsourced is tempting. As Michael Watkins puts it in his HBR article : “If you want to provoke a vigorous debate, start a conversation on organizational culture”.

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InnovationManagement

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

In this article by Jeff DeGraff, he presents the four types of innovative cultures and four best practices for building a culture of innovation. The post The Key to Success In 2021: Building a Creative and Innovative Culture appeared first on InnovationManagement.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MARCH 23, 2018

I've written and spoken about the importance of corporate culture and its impact on innovation over the last 15 years or so. Heck, one of the underlying issues I address in my book Relentless Innovation (shameless plug) is the overwhelming challenge that corporate culture presents to an innovation team.

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Innovation Excellence

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Drum roll please… At the beginning of each month, we will profile the ten articles from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Human-Centered Change & Innovation. Did your favorite make the cut?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2023

All too often, leadership development programs don’t adequately account for the culture, norms, and system within which the leader is working. The author shares four strategies that Intuit has used to build a culture that reinforces, rather than inhibits, positive leader growth.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

What comprises an organizational culture that makes Black employees feel welcomed and valued? According to research and in-depth interviews, two qualities stand out, particularly among Black workers in market-focused sectors: the ability to collaborate and the space to be open about race at work.

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Leapfrogging

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Culture is a key success factor for every team and organization. But what happens to the culture of teams and organizations in a virtual world? In my latest book, The Invisible Advantage: How to Create a Culture of Innovation , I define culture as “ the norms and values that shape behavior.” Shape yours today.

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Cris Beswick

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Organisational culture plays an essential role in fostering successful innovation, yet it is often overlooked or discounted by those responsible for driving that growth, i.e. the executive team. What is culture, and how does it relate to innovation Culture can be defined as the beliefs, customs, and practices of a particular group or society.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2023

What they increasingly want is what the research has always shown works: mentally healthier cultures. The authors break down what employees need and — increasingly expect — from their employers when it comes to mental health support and offer several strategies for leaders to foster sustainable, mentally healthy cultures.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 21, 2018

In a recent article from Harvard Business Review , researchers reported that one of the most common barriers to innovation is internal politics. But the second most commonly cited barrier was cultural issues. The post Is Your Company Culture Anti-Innovation? appeared first on IdeaScale.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 17, 2024

They are an invaluable resource for meeting managers and meeting organizers who aim to foster an environment where collaboration is not just encouraged but ingrained in the company culture. For more in-depth strategies that keynote speakers may utilize to boost team-building, see our article on keynote speaker strategies for team-building.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 8, 2020

In my previous article I wrote about the importance of fundamentals in any activity , using music and practicing scales as an analogy for understanding the fundamentals of innovation. In this post I'm going to be writing about two very interconnected issues - organizational culture and the bias for, or against, innovation.

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InnovationManagement

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In a 2017 Harvard Business Review article, Anna Steinhage, Dan Cable, and Duncan Wardley talk about the impact competition can have in a workplace. The post An Innovation Competition is a Great Way to Influence Culture appeared first on InnovationManagement.

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ImagineNation

MAY 8, 2023

At the same time, I allowed my mind to wander and wondered how this visually stunning and unrivaled British ceremony would impact the nations and realms’ culture and leadership, today and in the future, wondering if, indeed, it is at a cultural tipping point. Barbados two years ago, Jamaica probably next year.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The cultural shift toward greater mental health awareness has helped bring needed attention to psychological suffering, improve access to mental health resources, and reduce stigma. However, it may also be increasing the pathologization of ordinary life, leading people to think of themselves as mentally fragile and unwell.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2023

Retaliation — in all its forms — not only harms current team members, but a culture that tolerates retaliation results in harm to the mission and the organization’s ability to deliver to its customers and stakeholders.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2023

In this article, McKenna lays out some of those principles and offers advice to companies who want to make it possible for their employees to become expert learners.

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Leapfrogging

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Culture is a key success factor for every team and organization. But what happens to the culture of teams and organizations in a virtual world? In my latest book, The Invisible Advantage: How to Create a Culture of Innovation , I define culture as “ the norms and values that shape behavior.” Shape yours today.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

And they can feel especially daunting when you’re paired with strangers from different cultures, like when networking in a global business context. To help you more effectively master the art of small talk, we’ll present in this article a mindset for how to think about small talk and a series of behaviors for how to do small talk.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2023

But you can’t speak a speak-up culture into existence — doing so in the absence of true psychological safety is an abdication of leadership and an admission of failure. When employees at every level speak up, they circulate local knowledge, expand the universe of useful ideas, and prevent collective tunnel vision.

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Innovation Excellence

MAY 1, 2023

Drum roll please… At the beginning of each month, we will profile the ten articles from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Human-Centered Change & Innovation. Did your favorite make the cut? But enough delay, here are April’s ten most popular innovation posts: Rethinking Customer Journeys — by Geoffrey A.

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Norbert Bol

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

In my last blog I related culture to sustainability. In the april 2019 edition of the Journal of Cleaner Production there is an interesting article about corporate culture and corporate sustainability by Islam et al. Also cultural aspects play a role. Norbert Bol. Literature. L., & Karia, N.

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Innovation Leader

DECEMBER 16, 2020

What makes Amazon’s culture unique? Here’s a list of 10 articles and books if you want to better understand what makes Amazon tick.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2024

In an era where the boundary between work and personal life is increasingly blurred, navigating personal story sharing demands a nuanced approach. For workers, sharing the personal remains essential to their well-being and success, but requires an intentional and strategic approach.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Building a Collaborative Culture Creating a culture that values and promotes collaboration is essential for any organization that aims to innovate and perform at high levels. This culture provides the foundation for team synergy, where the collective effort exceeds the sum of individual contributions.

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