Tullio Siragusa

JULY 24, 2023

Why Command-and-Control Culture Fails Stifles Creativity and Innovation A command-and-control culture tends to stifle creativity and innovation, as it leaves no room for employees to contribute their ideas or think outside the box. Employees become mere executors of orders, leading to a lack of engagement and motivation.

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Christensen Institute

APRIL 7, 2022

Welcome to our first “Innovation in action” piece, where we ask leaders in the postsecondary and K–12 space to discuss what innovation looks like within their community, institution, or school; why they believe it has the potential to help students; and tips for successful implementation or scale. Stay tuned!

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Tim Kastelle

JUNE 2, 2018

Note: this was originally posted on Harvard Business Review Blogs , with terrific editing by Sarah Green Carmichael. Maybe you’ve heard the old cliché – if you’ve got “too many chiefs,” your initiative will fail. Every time I hear it, I wonder, “Why can’t everyone be a chief?”. Your main point of differentiation is innovation.

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Tim Kastelle

JUNE 2, 2018

Note: this was originally posted on Harvard Business Review Blogs , with terrific editing by Sarah Green Carmichael. Maybe you’ve heard the old cliché – if you’ve got “too many chiefs,” your initiative will fail. Every time I hear it, I wonder, “Why can’t everyone be a chief?”. Your main point of differentiation is innovation.

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Tim Kastelle

JUNE 2, 2018

Note: this was originally posted on Harvard Business Review Blogs , with terrific editing by Sarah Green Carmichael. Maybe you’ve heard the old cliché – if you’ve got “too many chiefs,” your initiative will fail. Every time I hear it, I wonder, “Why can’t everyone be a chief?”. Your main point of differentiation is innovation.

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Tim Kastelle

JUNE 2, 2018

Note: this was originally posted on Harvard Business Review Blogs , with terrific editing by Sarah Green Carmichael. Maybe you’ve heard the old cliché – if you’ve got “too many chiefs,” your initiative will fail. Every time I hear it, I wonder, “Why can’t everyone be a chief?”. Your main point of differentiation is innovation.

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Idea to Value

JUNE 30, 2020

Innovation culture has long been one of the most challenging, and oft-discussed, topics in our conversations with business and innovation leaders. What is an innovation culture? The question we need start with is to actually define what an innovation culture is. Or as Aristotle once said: “We are what we repeatedly do.”.

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ImagineNation

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

These initiatives will typically focus on improving efficiency, and productivity, resolving IT legacy and technological issues, encouraging innovation, or developing high-performance organisational cultures. Yet, according to research conducted over fifteen years by McKinsey & Co.,

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Christensen Institute

JULY 30, 2023

Here is my recorded testimony, prepared in text below, on why accreditation needs an innovation overhaul and the need to focus on student learning outcomes instead of institutional inputs. The regulation of inputs — how a college does its work — only locks institutions into set ways of doing things. It inhibits innovation.

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Christensen Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Why do innovative models like Parkhurst’s find it so hard to gain real traction in the landscape of public K–12 education? Why are some innovations hard to adopt? Christensen made sense of the innovator’s dilemma by developing the theory of disruptive innovation , grounded in a concept he called value networks.

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Christensen Institute

JUNE 27, 2023

Today’s guest blog post comes from Todd Dunn, Vice President of Innovation at Advocate Health. Below, Todd shares his three-step process, grounded in Christensen’s theories, on how to shift innovation from a vague buzzword to a clear way to make progress. He immediately answered Intuit. The answer is always “100!”

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Phil McKinney

MAY 22, 2023

There’s a commonly held belief that being a first mover is the key to success in innovation. So, why aren’t more innovators and entrepreneurs focused on playing the “improver” role? Many first movers have failed despite having an initial head start. Why do first movers have a high failure rate?

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ImagineNation

MAY 30, 2022

In our last blog, Taking personal responsibility – going back to leadership basics , we described how people’s personal power is diminished when they don’t take personal responsibility for the impact of their behaviours and actions and the results they cause. Why do people avoid taking personal responsibility?

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Idea to Value

MARCH 7, 2022

I spoke to 11 of the world’s leading female innovation experts to get their definition of “innovation” The variety in their responses may surprise you. In 2016, I wrote the article What is innovation? 15 experts share their innovation definition in order to answer the question of “What is innovation?”

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ImagineNation

OCTOBER 27, 2021

In our last blog , we proposed, rather than living in a world where everyone hates to fail, why not adopt a rethink, respond, regroup, thrive pattern, and experience failure as an opportunity for change, unlearning, and re-thinking? Making time and space for re-thinking. The vital role of unlearning. Shifting to re-thinking.

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Cris Beswick

MAY 8, 2024

Innovation has often been treated as a cyclical phenomenon, eagerly embraced during prosperous times and relegated to the sidelines during economic downturns. More than 70% of senior executives regularly acknowledge that innovation will be among their companies’ top three growth drivers in the next three to five years.

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Cris Beswick

APRIL 16, 2024

It’s no secret that in today’s dynamic business landscape, for some, innovation is still just a buzzword – but for others, it’s the lifeblood of their organisation and an antidote to remaining relevant. Undoubtedly, transformation in pursuit of innovation within established corporations is a significant challenge.

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Christensen Institute

JUNE 8, 2022

CAEL’s members include hundreds of colleges and universities that are seeking to improve and expand CPL and other programs and services that help align learning and work in ways that boost the economic mobility of adult learners and sustain the talent pipelines needed for community prosperity. Why shouldn’t that credit count?

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Cris Beswick

MARCH 14, 2024

In today’s business landscape, characterised by rapid technological change, evolving customer expectations, and non-traditional competitors, building the organisation-wide capability to innovate continuously is more vital than ever. At its core, Innovation is about identifying and creatively solving problems to deliver new value.

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PlanBox Innovation

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Open innovation (OI) can be a powerful approach for organizations to find groundbreaking ideas, develop new products and solve difficult problems. But not every company that engages in OI enjoys the same success; there are many reasons why. By avoiding these mistakes, you will undoubtedly excel in your next open innovation endeavor!

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PlanBox Innovation

AUGUST 17, 2021

These innovation case studies will uncover a secret weapon that your organization might not be leveraging to its fullest! That is, they fail to recognize the tremendous value their own community of employees, customers, partners, and others can bring to the table. But what are you doing to source these ideas? Lots of ideas.

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ImagineNation

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

At ImagineNation we are celebrating 10 years as a global innovation consultancy, learning, and coaching company. During this time, we’ve identified some of the common patterns that people demonstrate as a result of feeling uncomfortable, frozen, inert, stubborn, and resistant to innovation. Strategically deciding to innovate.

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Daniel Burrus

JULY 12, 2017

Leaders who want to see their organizations leap far ahead of their competition are usually deeply involved in any number of employee activities and programs. Employees who are trusted to do the right thing feel a greater stake in an organization’s success. Admittedly, that can be easier said than done. Challenging Times?

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ImagineNation

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

It’s possible as well as rewarding to do this, by hitting our pause buttons to reconnect, rethink, reimagine and reframe your possibilities for a purposeful future by: Understanding and maximising the convergence of new mindsets, and calling for new forms of leadership, new ways of working, and new operating models. Why is this so?

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Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

Every company says that innovation is important, and that they value the ideas of their people. Yet the problem lies in the fact that so few established companies actually know how to go about getting value out of their innovation ambitions, let alone turning it into profit. So what can you do about it?

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The BMI Lab Blog

MAY 2, 2023

Companies that fail to adopt sustainable practices risk being left behind by their competitors. Richard Stechow (BMI Lab) shares valuable insights on sustainability in business in an interview with Vera Hermes for the Haufe Academy's sustainability program. But there is also no way around doing it anyway. Why are they afraid?

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ImagineNation

DECEMBER 3, 2017

In last month’s blog What does it mean to cultivate a fail fast organizational culture we shared what typically happens when people experience failure, and how important it is to uncouple people’s fears about failure and to support and enable them to “normalize” it. Cultivating Fail Fast teachable and coachable moments.

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Gregg Fraley

MAY 1, 2018

Innovation Fundamentals for Leaders. First of Seven Blogs. Invest in Frameworks, But First, Establish a Culture Where Innovation Thrives. Leaders — How Are You Doing With These Basics? Success is built on doing the basics well. This series of posts on innovation fundamentals is not about frameworks.

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Idea to Value

MAY 24, 2016

Robert’s Rules of Innovation: A 10-Step Program for Corporate Survival set forth a fundamental framework of 10 Key Imperatives. After all, innovation without implementation is mere ideation. Why Does This Happen? But we already tried that once…and failed!”. That’s not in our budget!”.

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Planview

JUNE 15, 2017

89% of Spigit customers are leveraging ideation to create a culture of innovation. That’s a stat we uncovered in our 2017 Business Innovation Report. Establishing a culture of innovation is a hot topic. The culture of innovation that Intrapreneur champions touches all areas of our business and all employees.”.

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The BMI Lab Blog

JULY 1, 2020

Following our recent article about the most common challenges faced by companies when testing innovative business models , we decided to highlight 4 inspiring initiatives that seem to be effective practices to overcome these challenges. Train-the-trainer program A company’s success is defined by its culture.

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Planview

JUNE 15, 2017

culture of innovation. That’s a stat we uncovered in our 2017 Business Innovation Report. Establishing a culture of innovation is a hot topic. In an article on their blog , Commonwealth Bank describes how their internal ideation program – CommBank Intrapreneur – has been instrumental in transforming its culture.

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whataventure

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Such investments are by design very risky because investors have little protection if the young company fails, and the failure rate is very high. Do you want to learn more about investing in startups? Why is it important? Why do Corporates choose to invest their money in risky ventures? Schedule a call.

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Qmarkets

MAY 18, 2021

Diversity may seem like a modern corporate buzzword but behind the noise is a concept that is integral to the success of innovation and beyond. ” Just like in the environment and economy, diversity is crucial when it comes to business innovation. The 3 Innovation Diversity Frameworks You Must Consider 1.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 25, 2016

Digital transformation is being asked of everybody to get involved in but do we have a sufficient understanding of it? Add in the magic ‘need’ so innovation can benefit from this business digital transformation and we begin to shift around in our chairs even more. There is a rub here, most transformation projects seem to fail.

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Cris Beswick

APRIL 24, 2024

In the modern business world, where disruption is the norm and change is relentless, the ability to continuously drive innovation-led growth has become the ultimate competitive advantage. In this climate, innovation is no longer an optional pursuit but a strategic imperative for survival and sustained growth.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 25, 2016

Digital transformation is being asked of everybody to get involved in but do we have a sufficient understanding of it? Add in the magic ‘need’ so innovation can benefit from this business digital transformation and we begin to shift around in our chairs even more. There is a rub here, most transformation projects seem to fail.

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