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Culture of Innovation: Premera Blue Cross Engages Employees to Drive Innovation

Planview

As organizations seek to add value to customers and develop new, differentiated products and services, innovation is at the heart of strategy. It starts with creating a culture of innovation from within by tapping into the wisdom of employees. Nurture a culture of innovation through crowdsourcing, workshops, and meet ups.

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Harnessing the Power: Proven Team Collaboration Best Practices

Leapfrogging

Clear objectives act as a roadmap, guiding the team’s efforts and helping to measure success. To effectively implement feedback mechanisms, teams can make use of surveys, suggestion boxes, and regular team meetings. Goals should be specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART).

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Jump Starting a Culture of Innovation

Idea Champions

In a recent survey of 246 CEOs from around the world, "having the right culture to foster and support innovation" was rated the most important ingredient to ensure a organization's success. In other words, if innovation is the big fish companies are trying to hook, culture is the ocean in which those fish are swimming.

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The Most Important Ingredient to Ensure an Organization's Success

Idea Champions

In a recent survey of 246 CEOs from around the world, "having the right culture to foster and support innovation" was rated the most important ingredient to ensure a organization's success. In other words, if innovation is the big fish companies are trying to hook, culture is the ocean in which those fish are swimming.

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Measuring Innovation Performance

Why do only a third of the organizations worldwide have formal innovation metrics in place despite accepting that innovation is critical to survival? Download this eBook to learn about the 5 basic principles that guide every successful innovation process.

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The power of agile innovation

Wazoku

Adopting more agile working practices and allowing for more decentralised innovation, engenders innovation more holistically across the organisation – and this can have significant benefits. Strategy is required so the organisation knows how, why and where innovation is required and how it aligns to the overall company strategy.

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How to be More Agile as Competitive Advantages Fade

New Markets Advisors

According to a recent McKinsey survey , one of the biggest differentiators between agile organizations and non-agile organizations is a commitment to actionable strategic guidance. Cultivate a culture that fosters innovation. Dave Farber is a strategy and innovation consultant at New Markets Advisors.

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