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How University Collaborations Can Drive Private Sector Innovation

Idea to Value

The typical goals of this sort of collaboration are better solutions and disrupting economic development — ultimately, it’s an early pipeline of new technologies. The collaborative process can also teach a seasoned team a lot about resiliency, agility, and dynamic thinking. Of course, not all businesses go the accelerator route.

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5 Types of Manipulators at Work

Harvard Business Review

The human instinct to seek belonging with others helps us collaborate and build systems and societies. Once you can identify the five common manipulation tactics, you’ll be able to run through a protective mental exercise anytime a pitch for a product, idea, investment, or a course of action feels potentially inauthentic.

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Where can you get Fresh Ideas?

Destination Innovation

Collaboration often leads to the generation of novel ideas. Technology and Online Tools : There are various online platforms and tools designed to help you generate ideas, such as idea generation apps, creativity exercises, and brainstorming software. It exposes you to different ways of life, perspectives, and opportunities.

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Crafting the Path to Success: Designing Leadership Team Offsites for Strategic Planning Triumph

Leapfrogging

This can help maintain energy levels and encourage informal collaboration. Let’s explore how you can create an environment conducive to collaboration and strategic thinking. Icebreakers and Team Building Activities Kickstarting your offsite with icebreakers and team-building exercises is a strategic move to warm up the group.

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Creating Roadmaps for Success: How to Design and Run a Strategic Planning Offsite

Leapfrogging

By stepping away from the day-to-day operations and fostering a focused environment, your leadership team can craft innovative strategies and strengthen collaboration. As you embark on this journey, remember that the true value of an offsite lies in its ability to unite your team around a shared vision and set a clear course for success.

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Brainwriting Template

InnovationTraining.org

This brainwriting exercise template can help your virtual or in person innovation teams succeed. 6-3-5 Brainwriting is a group-structured brainstorming technique that is a highly collaborative way to generate as many ideas as possible in groups within a short period of time. This exercise can either be done in person or online.

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Is Online Collaboration Any Good?

100%Open

We are, of course, heavily aware of the short-term as we are all mid-adaptation, but what of the long-term? We believe that this situation could be pivotal in creating a watershed moment, whereby online collaboration rapidly accelerates and pushes for a cultural shift in terms of our daily work structures.