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Rating Your Innovation Program: Vanity Metrics vs. True Impact

Moves the Needle

How do you measure the success of your innovation program? You are measuring website traffic, video views, innovation team sign-ups, etc. When it comes to measuring the success of your innovation program, engagement in the real world and observed behavior change are primary. Rate Management Engagement.

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Why We’re Digging Deep at Lean Startup Conference 2018

Moves the Needle

It’s that time of year again: the temperature is dropping, leaves are changing colors, and after a sleepy summer, companies are ready to reflect on how they are going to improve their operation for the new year. >>Register here Leadership Development AMA with Aaron Eden. Social Impact AMA with Heather Hiscox.

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Top Themes from Open Nation DC

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Contreras dived into the importance of goal-setting and quantifiable metrics to any innovation program. However, he cautioned against avoiding “vanity metrics,” a term coined by “The Lean Startup” author Eric Ries. Commander Howell’s leadership has been integral in growing the innovation program at the U.S.

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Innovation - fast and slow, for the right reasons

Jeffrey Phillips

For quite some time we've been hearing about how important it is to do things quickly, with many new adjectives placed in front of the word "innovation". What has worked in more traditional settings - manufacturing, process improvement, etc - is now being applied to innovation. When can you move fast?

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Innovation Transformation in a COVID-19 Era - part 1

Moves the Needle

Senior leadership must establish the mindset of, “We need to be entrepreneurial. If people are acting entrepreneurial in a grassroots way and leadership sees that this can be done, that's how momentum for change happens. You want to see that behavior change. But what if you can't get that behavior change?

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How Schibsted Media Group Used Empathy and Evidence to Validate New Ideas

Moves the Needle

Download this case study to save for your records or to show to your leadership team here: Download Case Study. In the case of Schibsted, as digitization was increasing the speed of change in the media industry, they knew that they needed to work harder to get employees to validate new ideas with customers rather than with their bosses.

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Corporate Innovation: How to Overcome Unique Challenges

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The biggest challenges in corporate innovation and how to navigate them Corporate innovation is hard. More and more, we’re seeing innovation programs close their doors after only a few years, with few senior leaders in the organization recognizing any real value from their efforts. Vision & Leadership 1.

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