Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

The Role of Psychological Safety in Fostering Innovation In the quest to cultivate a culture of innovation within executive teams, the concept of psychological safety plays a pivotal role. Defining Psychological Safety Psychological safety refers to the shared belief that the team is safe for interpersonal risk-taking.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

By stepping away from the daily operations, you and your leadership team can focus on long-term goals, team building, and innovative thinking. It should be conducive to the creative and strategic thinking that you aim to foster among your executive team.

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Tullio Siragusa

JANUARY 29, 2024

For leaders, prioritizing well-being is not a luxury but a necessity, as it directly impacts decision-making, creativity, and resilience. Team-building activities, mentorship programs, and inclusive leadership practices contribute to a healthy social fabric in the workplace.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Behavior Impact on Employees Constant Oversight Decreased Autonomy Detail Fixation Reduced Creativity Frequent Check-ins Increased Stress To move away from micromanagement, leaders should focus on empowering employees, setting clear expectations, and providing the necessary support to achieve goals.

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Idea Champions

JANUARY 20, 2024

Val Vadeboncoeur is a Senior Consultant with Idea Champions , an innovation consulting and training company that has provided innovation and team building services to more than 100 organizations in 11 different countries for the past 34 years.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 30, 2019

During the hackathon itself, teams create the magic and innovation, and it is the most exciting and creative phase. Using IdeaScale software as a collaboration platform, the first stage was a three-day workshop in which the team developed and shared ideas and ultimately selected four top ideas for further investigation.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Adaptability and responsiveness are key outcomes of collaborative teams, which are essential for thriving in an era of continuous change. Benefits of Effective Team Collaboration The advantages of implementing team collaboration best practices are manifold. Recognizing the contributions of each team member.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

By removing distractions and dedicating time solely to strategic thinking, you create an atmosphere where creativity and big-picture thinking can thrive. It’s an opportunity for you and your executive team to step back, assess the business landscape, and align on the vision and direction of the company.

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Gregg Fraley

JUNE 15, 2019

I just completed another workshop for high level executives in the use of Improv for Problem Solving. In this week’s workshop the skeptics were won over in the first 20 minutes. Improv schools like Second City and IO Theater in Chicago lead executive or team workshops, and their focus is on team building.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 3, 2017

Yesterday, we identified the six types of strategic planning process activities we use to design a client’s strategic thinking workshop. To facilitate you going deeper into thinking about how these activities function within a strategic planning process workshop, here are articles in each of the six areas.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 13, 2021

A second great reason to consider holding a retreat is to improve team building and bonding. For organizations with multiple locations or fully remote or distributed teams, this retreat can be a crucial event to bring everyone together in the same place (in person or virtually). Innovation Teams within Organizations.

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Tullio Siragusa

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Recognize and reward collaboration: Reward team members who work well with others and recognize the importance of collaboration in achieving project goals. Encourage team building activities: Encourage team building activities like workshops, retreats, and other bonding activities to help team members work more effectively together.

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Gregg Fraley

OCTOBER 1, 2020

As a start, consider these offerings: Training in innovation concepts and methods Training in facilitation of innovation skills Focused innovation process initiatives (projects) Innovation Roadmapping /Planning Inovation Speaking, Workshops, Presentations Innovation Team Building.

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CMOE

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Delegation of Tasks : As teams get acquainted with the abilities of each member, team leaders will learn how to best split tasks between them. Brainstorming : Teach teams to allow members to state all their ideas—no matter how far-fetched they might seem—in an atmosphere of respect. Rest Together.

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Rmukesh Gupta

JANUARY 16, 2018

We try and create the right environment, help build the right practices, employ the right frameworks, bring in external experts to help our teams. We send our teams to conferences, to workshops and creative retreats, all in the hope that they learn something and can come up with interesting breakthroughs.

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CREATORS

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The main goals of Internal Innovation include: - Fostering innovation culture and creativity - Providing systematic tools to create new services and products - Creating business sustainability by making improvements to existing business lines and listening more closely to customers.

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CREATORS

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

The main goals of Internal Innovation include: - Fostering innovation culture and creativity - Providing systematic tools to create new services and products - Creating business sustainability by making improvements to existing business lines and listening more closely to customers.

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Gregg Fraley

MAY 2, 2016

Sunni Brown’s talk on Doodling is a personal favorite because she gets specific about how one can begin to be more creatively playful with problem solving. An emerging trend in busines s is using improvisation games as the basis for team building and problem solving. That’s why more play is so serious! Get in touch!

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Design more innovative innovation meetings that boost creativity and strengthen engagement. They can be too passive, boring, yield few ideas (and even fewer creative innovations), last too long, and result in too much discussion and too little action. How will you hold your team accountable after the meeting is complete?

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Be-novative

DECEMBER 17, 2018

If you start an innovation challenge with the right question, which is motivating, narrow enough to be able to imagine a specific positive impact solution for, but wide enough to call for disruptive and creative ideas, it will drive people with the best attitude to participate and create something extraordinary.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

Encouraging creativity and experimentation among your team members can lead to breakthroughs that keep your company on the cutting edge. Establish ‘innovation labs’ or ‘hackathons’ to tackle challenges creatively. To foster innovation: Implement systems for employees to submit and develop new ideas.

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InnovationTraining.org

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

We have collaborated with over 100 organizations for a variety of in-person and virtual innovation, design thinking, and leadership workshops and events. Leading Innovation – In-Person Design Thinking Facilitation Workshop. Facilitating workshops. Building better teams. Lead change. Be relatable. Connecting.

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CMOE

APRIL 27, 2021

Why Is Decisiveness Found in High-Performing Teams? When a team makes effective decisions quickly, members can spend more time taking action on those decisions and exercising their creativity and expertise. A decisive team understands how to: Make quick and effective decisions. What Does Decisiveness Look Like?

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CMOE

MARCH 31, 2023

Better problem solving: Empirical research illustrates that teams perform better than a group of individuals working alone. Experts attribute this to the group’s ability to more effectively correct issues, think creatively, process information, and solve problems. Consider initiating various team-building activities.

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Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Psychology means decision makers do not like innovative ideas: Unfortunately, decades of research into psychology show us just how biased our brains are against creative & innovative ideas, and how they prefer safer ideas. I hardly ever see projects either deliver below their original budget, or voluntarily give up their budget.

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Rmukesh Gupta

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Last week I was invited to run a Design thinking experiential workshop for the STC conference in Bangalore. They came up last week in the workshop as well. These are the typical ideas, that almost anyone who is asked to come up and typically lack any novelty or creativity. We had about 70 people in the room. Crazy ideas.

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Idea Champions

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

These meetings have been variably referred to as leadership development programs, creative thinking trainings, innovation workshops, team building off sites, brainstorming sessions, strategic planning pow wows, senior team retreats, annual conferences, and business simulations. Our workshops and trainings.

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Idea Champions

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

These meetings have been variably referred to as leadership development programs, creative thinking trainings, innovation workshops, team building off sites, brainstorming sessions, strategic planning pow wows, senior team retreats, annual conferences, and business simulations. Our workshops and trainings.

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Tullio Siragusa

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Diverse Perspectives and Innovation: A bottom-up approach brings diverse viewpoints to the table, fostering innovation and creative problem-solving. Impact: The policy not only spurred product innovation but also enhanced employee engagement and creativity. This sense of ownership increases motivation and engagement.

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