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Culture Creator = Sustainable Innovation

IdeaScale

When playing the role of culture creator, the leader’s primary task is to ensure the spirit of the innovation process is understood, celebrated, and aligned with the strategy of the organization. The only thing of real importance that leaders do is to create and manage culture. Ten Ways to Begin Shifting the Culture .

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The Connected Leader: Relationships that Produce to Results

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They work from a mind-set that making connections and reaching out to others will help all involved, including the company and its customers. Getting out of the office to interact with other leaders, entrepreneurs, researchers, educators, artists, or thinkers from around the world enhances creativity and innovation skills.

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Barrier Buster: Clearing the Way for Breakthrough Ideas

IdeaScale

Often, managers are required to play the role of a barrier buster to ensure the team’s creativity delivers bottom line results for the business. Innovation leaders help new ideas mature and create paths of least resistance so projects can navigate the political, economic, and cultural obstacles.

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The Innovative Mentor

IdeaScale

Innovation leaders help new ideas mature and create paths of least resistance so projects can navigate the political, economic, and cultural obstacles. Champions and sponsors give up or leave the company because it is too hard to get everyone onboard with ideas. There is not enough funding to form and facilitate innovation projects.

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The dos and don'ts of innovation shared by 10 global leaders

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Co-owner of Koch Industries and one of the top ten billionaires in the world according to Forbes, Charles Koch believes that you should “embrace change, challenge the status quo, and drive creative destruction.” Easily the first lesson in the innovation handbook, asking “why” and “what-if” will set the ball rolling.

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Top 10 must-read books on Innovation

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Being innovative or creative looks like an inherent trait to most of us, doesn’t it? However, if you’ve been one of those lucky ones who had “creativity” as an academic discipline at school, you’d know that it can at least be nurtured. Perhaps, like renowned educationalist, Sir Ken Robinson says, “We got educated out of creativity.”

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3 Types of Business Transformation for Surviving Rapid Change

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Although business transformation is complex, its impact isn’t: Research from McKinsey clearly shows that the more transformation actions a company takes, the greater its chances for success financially, culturally, and organizationally. That agility helps companies react quickly to stay ahead of the competition. Cultural Change.

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