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Employee Incentives That Actually Work

The Human Factor

If your team knows that you’re paying attention to their hard work and appreciate it. You can bring in some fun extracurricular activities into the office to encourage team-building and to break up the monotony of the workday. Encourage Creative Time Off. Hold baking competitions. Create Competitions.

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User Research With Small Business Owners: Best Practices and Considerations

Boxes and Arrows

When socializing your findings to a product team, building empathy for the participants and their challenges is key. Small business owners also value integration and may find creative ways to DIY integration that doesn’t already exist. Finance and banking (e.g., Reporting tip #1: Provide context. Consulting services (e.g.,

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L.I.V.E. (Lean Innovation, Validation & Execution): A new, more effective way to manage multiple innovation projects

Idea to Value

Psychology means decision makers do not like innovative ideas: Unfortunately, decades of research into psychology show us just how biased our brains are against creative & innovative ideas, and how they prefer safer ideas. I hardly ever see projects either deliver below their original budget, or voluntarily give up their budget.

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