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Why Building a Culture of Innovation is your Competitive Advantage

Wazoku

They undoubtedly have some incredibly smart people that have produced some incredibly smart technologies, but what sets them apart is their desire to innovate 24/7. Yet if you asked them if they ‘do’ innovation, they would probably smile, as it is very much business as usual rather than something that needs setting time aside to do.

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Can Business Schools Teach Transformation?

100%Open

The Pitfalls of Neglecting Innovation: Neglecting the Power of Innovation: Innovation is the lifeblood of successful organisations, yet many business schools overlook its significance in their cultural development programs.

Culture 69
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When Building a Culture For Innovation, Form Follows Function

Cris Beswick

First, let’s unpack a Culture OF Innovation vs A Culture FOR Innovation. Innovation is not a monolithic entity that can be injected into an organisation’s cultural fabric. Instead, it emerges as the synergistic product of elements intentionally combined within a nurturing environment.

Culture 64
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Purpose Driven Innovation

Gregg Fraley

Just kidding, Design Thinking can be a good choice, as can Agile, or Lean, or your own blended system. Using a structured innovation framework is a project success factor. There is also a lot of yakking about culture. Project scheduling (aka Innovation Road-mapping) aligned with purpose and strategy. Which is best?

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Catalysing change through innovation teams

ImagineNation

One of the key discoveries, we made, almost ten years ago, when we relocated to Israel, was the power of its innovation eco-system – the result of a collaboration between the state, venture capital firms, successful entrepreneurs, educational system, business system, incubators, and accelerators. Capacity to change.

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Understanding the ISO Standard for Innovation Management – Concepts & Benefits

IM Insights

Elijah Eilert speaks to Andy Cars , the founder and CEO of Lean Ventures International, about the ISO standards for innovation management. The aim is to create a long-term innovation strategy and transform an organisation’s culture into a value creation mindset. 26:42) Tips around measuring innovation culture. (32:43)

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Episode 19 – Part 2: The ROI of Learning

IM Insights

Peter recommends checking out Lean Change Management and gives a shoutout to Jason Little ! [05:23] Ingraining assumption-challenging, experimentation, and customer-centric habits into a highly regulated, multinational organization’s culture. Transforming two of Canada’s big five banks to a culture of innovation and agility.