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Seeking out knowledge that feeds our innovations

Paul Hobcraft

Organizations need to move well beyond their lazy reliance on best practice comparison and they need to find better ways to explore emerging practices. Or is the knowledge gained just left ‘resident’ in the person, not being put to that greater use? Knowledge exchange is the way forward but we need to avoid the easy paths.

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The Pirate Approach to Innovation Leadership: How Thinking Like a Buccaneer Can Create Value for Your Enterprise

Qmarkets

However, the good news is that there are a few attributes of the privateer persona that can and should be emulated to enhance your innovation leadership skills (and we should emphasize that this doesn’t involve getting anyone to walk the plank). Good innovation leadership means remaining focused on three distinct horizons.

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The Pirate Approach to Innovation Leadership: How Thinking Like a Buccaneer Can Create Value for Your Enterprise

Qmarkets

However, the good news is that there are a few attributes of the privateer persona that can and should be emulated to enhance your innovation leadership skills (and we should emphasize that this doesn’t involve getting anyone to walk the plank). Good innovation leadership means remaining focused on three distinct horizons.

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The Art of Decision-making as an Innovation Leader

Idea to Value

These are without a doubt all very important topics, but they still pale in comparison to decision-making. And since they have gotten to leadership positions, they obviously have a lot of responsibility for the company – and also a lot to lose on a personal level. But that’s actually the wrong answer.

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The State of Innovation Management in 2015 Just Released

Paul Hobcraft

Each has been providing an updated view on where innovation presently ‘sits’, in its challenges and the needs to be addressed going forward. I am sure you have experienced that in 2015 we have seen a significant surge in innovation reports, many of these coming from large consulting firms or innovation publishers.

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6 Financial Skills Every Leader Should Have

CMOE

While you can always hire an accounting team to dive into the finer details of these documents, you should still be able to interpret the data and come to sound business decisions based on the information presented. 2) Forecasting. 3) Ratio Analysis. About the Author: This post was submitted by CMOE Guest Author.

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Turning Intuition into Science©

MSSBTI

Dr Peck has a broad background in business practices, technology, leadership, and workplace behavior, and is a recognized expert in Organization Network Analysis (ONA). communication issues, silos, leadership). Identification of leadership style(s) throughout the organization. Useful information for leadership development.