Business and Tech

MARCH 21, 2022

From endless cycles of closures and re-openings to restrictions that change business models and structures, businesses have been altered in ways we could have only imagined. So here lies the new corporate priority, the new currency of the work experience, and the new driver of post-pandemic business success: a culture of wellness.

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ImagineNation

AUGUST 3, 2020

Failing to realise that this not only wastes their energy and drains their resilience, it also inhibits them from embracing and evoking both a “being” and a “doing” perspective in effectively leading and managing change in transitioning people from the old to the new. Check out our upcoming Making Innovation a Habit Webinar on this subject.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

Having a robust strategy helps you anticipate and respond to changes, whether they come from emerging technologies, evolving customer preferences, or competitive pressures. Dive deeper into this topic with our article on creating business strategy in a world of AI-driven rapid change.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Adaptability and responsiveness are key outcomes of collaborative teams, which are essential for thriving in an era of continuous change. Greater Engagement Team members feel valued and are more committed to their work. Cultivating a culture that supports trust, psychological safety, diversity, and inclusion is not an overnight task.

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Tullio Siragusa

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The digital realm is rife with opportunities, from skill-enhancing courses to enlightening webinars. Sharing and engaging with loved ones or limiting exposure to distressing news can help maintain emotional equilibrium. Maybe it’s time for a career change or to dip your toes into freelancing?

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

According to a recent poll by Gallup , only 15% of employees worldwide are engaged in their jobs. – where levels are the highest in the world – the rate for engagement has been stuck at around 30% for nearly a decade, growing from 29% in 2011 to 31% in 2017. It’s all in the Numbers – Quantifying Employee Engagement.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

According to a recent poll by Gallup , only 15% of employees worldwide are engaged in their jobs. – where levels are the highest in the world – the rate for engagement has been stuck at around 30% for nearly a decade, growing from 29% in 2011 to 31% in 2017. The Danger of Employee Disengagement. In Canada and the U.S.

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Wazoku

AUGUST 30, 2017

By bringing together the best methods of driving change, it delivers many services from finance & accounting to recruitment. The Challenge… Combining 10 company cultures at once is no small task. Over 400 ideas were submitted, engaging over 67% of employees and realising a 400% ROI.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 12, 2024

Self-Regulation: This involves the ability to control or redirect one’s disruptive emotions and impulses and adapt to changing circumstances. Increased Flexibility EI equips leaders with the skills to adapt to change and lead their teams through transitions smoothly.

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eZassi

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Invest in Intrapreneurs – Innovation Management Supports Your Organization’s Greatest Change Makers Intrapreneurs are those important team members with the optimism, intellect, initiative, and discipline to champion bright ideas and drive new project pipelines, establishing innovative change across the business.

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ImagineNation

JANUARY 29, 2020

Evoke deep change by shifting consciousness – where attention goes, energy flows. Deliver commercial, impactful and sustainable valuable outcomes, through developing a culture of inclusion, collaboration, and accountability that people appreciate and cherish. What is the ImagineNation innovation model?

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ImagineNation

APRIL 5, 2021

In last month’s blog at ImagineNation we opened the door to a threshold for a new kind of co-creative, collaborative and cohesive team spirit to catalyse change through “innovation evangelism”. Usually in new ways that breakthrough corporate antibodies and barriers and deliver sustainable, meaningful, and purposeful change.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

Remember, the key to successful virtual collaboration is a combination of clear communication, robust project management, and ongoing team engagement. Each element plays a crucial role in fostering a culture of cooperation and high performance in your distributed teams.

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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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Phil McKinney

AUGUST 17, 2023

One of these is organizational culture. A culture that doesn't reward or recognize creative thinking can stifle innovation and make it difficult to see outside the established norms. Cultivate a culture of innovation that encourages all employees to think outside the box and develop new ideas.

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PlanBox Innovation

AUGUST 17, 2021

This is the kind of inclusive work environment that drives cross-functional collaboration and fosters sustainable ideation, both of which are necessary to build a culture of innovation. Innovation Case Study #3: Building an Engaged Culture at Barton Malow. Innovation Case Study #1: Unbossing the Environment at Novartis.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Thus, open innovation is a faster way for traditional companies to innovate, so we offer to scout and facilitate productive engagements deploying that process. Staying Competitive : In today’s rapidly changing landscape, leveraging external innovations can help firms remain at the cutting edge and adapt to shifts in the market.

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ImagineNation

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

I recently met with a client, who was seeking our ideas, information and input towards what might be involved in cultivating a fail fast organizational culture. There is an opportunity to potentially reframe failure as “feedback” and as a “learning process.” What is the scientific rationale for failure? Visceral reactions to failure.

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ImagineNation

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

At the same time, they are seeking how to keep their people and teams engaged and moving forward in a world, where the work environment and the nature of work is going through unprecedented change, and the only way to navigate it is by effectively dancing at the edge of your comfort zone. What is a comfort zone? am London, 10.00

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ImagineNation

JULY 6, 2021

The pandemic has increased the pace of change in a digitally accelerated world, and at the same time, it is forcing organisations, leaders, and teams to become more purposeful, human, and customer-centric. This is the third of a series of four blogs, podcasts, and webinars on Developing a Human-Centric Future-Fitness organisation.

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Wazoku

AUGUST 23, 2017

Fidelity International (Fidelity), one of the UK’s largest investment fund managers, initially started collaborative innovation with Step Change, an IT department run innovation programme, managed through SharePoint. Fidelity is living and breathing its culture of innovation to extend into all corners of the organisation.

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Thinkers360 - Thought Leader Interviews

MARCH 8, 2024

Most days, I get home, watch some news, eat dinner with my husband and then write for a couple of hours on various projects, prepare for a speaking engagement, or schedule some social media posts. I do take days of personal time off to give webinars and travel to events to speak.

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ImagineNation

MARCH 3, 2020

It seems that, for me, reinvention became a really useful and rewarding habit, especially as it forced me to upskill, to successfully and continuously adapt to the constant barrage of changes over my past thirty years in business. Collectively and collaboratively engage in delivering purposeful and meaningful work.

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ImagineNation

DECEMBER 13, 2020

As we move towards the beginning of a new year in the cycle of seasonal changes, here in Melbourne, Australia, it is summer, a time for accelerating growth. To see them germinate the desired changes you want for yourself, your team, and organisation and deliver them, to survive and thrive in 2021.

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PlanBox Innovation

AUGUST 3, 2021

This collaborative process also helps to engage employees in a creative capacity to think about new and novel ways to improve processes, products, and services. Speaking of engagement, let’s talk about gamification. The possibilities truly are endless, but the end goal is to engage. It could be turned into a game.

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Planview

MAY 20, 2022

Many of us struggle with demand chaos – a culture of never saying no, especially to external stakeholders. Set expectations with stakeholders early on about how often you’ll be communicating, how quickly you’ll respond to change requests, and your reasoning for accepting or rejecting them. Plan for Change. Track Progress.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Rapidly changing customer behaviours, disruptive digital technologies, and the emergence of agile fintech start-ups means that disruption is an ever-present danger. To counter these challenges, companies are increasingly focused on creating a culture of innovation to achieve financial process improvement.

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Strategos

JUNE 19, 2019

Innovation is associated with creativity, fun, change and excitement and many people speak of the need for an “Innovation Culture”. For more on how you develop an Innovation Strategy visit this webinar. Communication & Engagement. Communication is a key factor in building momentum and ensuring continued engagement.

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Planview

JUNE 19, 2019

To keep up with the modern professional landscape, companies must create an innovation culture that constantly looks for new ways to meet the needs of the customer. As such, employee engagement acts as an essential ingredient for creating a culture of innovation within your organization. Of course, this is easier said than done.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Without it, our companies would fail to grow and evolve with the ever-changing markets that we are serving. Businesses are making statements about their plans for the future however, as the organization grows, they are failing to examine how well their company’s structure, culture, and practices support their claims.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Without it, our companies would fail to grow and evolve with the ever-changing markets that we are serving. Businesses are making statements about their plans for the future however, as the organization grows, they are failing to examine how well their company’s structure, culture, and practices support their claims.

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Planview

OCTOBER 26, 2022

These programs include hosting events such as webinars as well as working with third-party vendors to get our content in front of a larger audience. I was always adapting to change and slightly uncomfortable in new environments—I spent a few years living in Germany, which was very different from what I knew.

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ImagineNation

JUNE 1, 2021

To maximize, what McKinsey & Co describes as a “turning point” for economies: where new patterns of consumer and business behaviour have emerged at extraordinary speed and can be sustained over long periods of time because digitization has accelerated change faster than many believed previously possible.

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ImagineNation

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

Just think about how much easier it will be if innovation lead change strategies are designed, articulated, received & executed by people in the VUCA times of our Digital Age. An innovation lead change strategy in organizations often begins with a clear reason why innovation is important. Disrupting business as usual.

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Wazoku

APRIL 5, 2018

It can start with small, incremental changes and expand to radical innovation, creating brand new solutions or disrupting an entire industry. A lot of people think that they are not innovating because they are just making small changes, often focussed on the day-to-day operations. The innovation spectrum. Incremental. On the contrary.

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ImagineNation

APRIL 9, 2018

Described by Deloitte, in a recent article “Digital workplace and culture – How digital technologies are changing the workforce and how enterprises can adapt and evolve” : “It is the job of the organization to create and support a singular vision that everyone is working towards, whether that is in an office or online.

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ImagineNation

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

In last month’s blog, Cultivating a Fail Fast Culture – as a manifestation of learning & exploration we explored what it means to take a reflective stance, to use the experience of failure to support ourselves and others we interact with, as a pivot point and a manifestation for learning and exploration. From Workspace to Playspace.

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