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You need a red team, not a red pill

Jeffrey Phillips

You don't need a pill, you need a team. Red Team / Blue Team The idea of a red team (attacker or hacker) versus the blue team (defender or good guy) has become a staple of cybersecurity, but it has an older history than that. What should happen next, and rarely does, is the creation of a disinterested red team.

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How to Keep Your Creative Team Fresh & Inspired

IdeaScale

So, think of challenges you can issue to your team. Sweeten the pot with a prize, like an extra week of vacation or a few shares of company stock. Encourage Both Cooperation And Competition. As long as it’s friendly, competition is no bad thing, and encouraging friendly competition is a good way to get ideas.

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15 most important Innovation Theories your company should be using

Idea to Value

Every company says that innovation is important, and that they value the ideas of their people. In fact, creativity is becoming a core skill which companies know they need in the future. In fact, according to some estimates by Doblin , 96% of all new innovations which established companies attempt fail to make a return on investment.

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Why Every Large Organization Should Decentralize Innovation

Idea to Value

I recently met with a very successful company that is seen as a highly innovative global pioneer that others in their industry, which is facing many structural headwinds and inevitable changes, look up to. This is actually a very common approach, but we’ve yet to see a single company that would be very successful with it.

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5 Early Indicators Your Embedded Analytics Will Fail

Many application teams leave embedded analytics to languish until something—an unhappy customer, plummeting revenue, a spike in customer churn—demands change. But by then, it may be too late. In this White Paper, Logi Analytics has identified 5 tell-tale signs your project is moving from “nice to have” to “needed yesterday.".

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How A.I. can help you better lead projects and teams

Idea to Value

As I’ve just finished leading an 18-month project, I am reflecting on how project management and leading teams is changing as Artificial Intelligence becomes more common in the workplace. If you have a project or team needing leadership and management, book an appointment with me now and we can speak about how I could help you.

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Innovation project or Innovation Capability?

Jeffrey Phillips

Innovation theater is very similar to what ecologists call "greenwashing" and both are bad for their respective movements. Innovation theater happens when companies and executive talk up innovation but fail to do anything. Lack of training/skills or experience Another problem with innovation as a discrete project is a lack of training.

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