Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

The Power of Organizational Culture Organizational culture is the bedrock upon which companies build their strategies and operational approaches. Recognizing the profound effect of culture on every aspect of your organization is the first step toward leveraging it for business success.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MARCH 12, 2024

In the more recent blog, I wrote about what I consider the most difficult thing to change in an organization - its culture. This is why understanding how organizational culture works, and how to encourage it to change, is so important. Changing culture takes emphasis, time and commitment.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Importance of Fostering Innovation in Leadership Defining Innovation Culture An innovation culture refers to the values, behaviors, and norms that ensure an organization not only generates new ideas but also executes them to achieve positive outcomes. Here are strategies to cultivate this culture among high potential leaders.

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Tullio Siragusa

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Redefining Conflict Resolution: The Design Thinking Way Business conflicts have been a staple challenge since the advent of commerce. Among the most promising approaches is Design Thinking, traditionally associated with product design and user experience but increasingly recognized for its potential in resolving disputes.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

I believe any design of workshops must meet your needs, to push the thinking and to generate new returns in innovation understanding. Building the workshop it is deliberately designed to help you need to think through many areas of productive innovation opportunity. For example: 1.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Introduction to Design Thinking Design Thinking is a non-linear, iterative process that teams use to understand users, challenge assumptions, redefine problems, and create innovative solutions to prototype and test. What is Design Thinking? Empathize : Understanding the needs of those you’re designing for.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 4, 2024

Introduction to Design Thinking Design thinking has become a cornerstone methodology in the worlds of innovation, business strategy, and product development. Design thinking involves five key phases: Empathize : Understanding the human needs involved. It helps teams to observe and develop empathy with the target user.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Identifying Toxic Workplace Culture Recognizing a toxic workplace culture is the first step in transforming an unhealthy work environment into a thriving one. Common Factors Contributing to Toxicity Toxic workplace cultures typically don’t emerge overnight.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

Unpacking Organizational Culture Defining Organizational Culture Organizational culture embodies the collective values, beliefs, and principles of organizational members and is a product of such factors as history, product, market, technology, strategy, type of employees, management style, and national culture.

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Tullio Siragusa

JUNE 5, 2023

Orchestrating Design Thinking and AI for a People-Centric Business Future The tapestry of business evolution tells a remarkable story. Products were no longer simply created and sold; they were designed to meet customer needs and solve their problems. From the onset of marketing in the 1950s to today, we’ve seen clear transformations.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

The Imperative of Culture in Organizational Success Understanding Organizational Culture Organizational culture encompasses the shared values, beliefs, and norms that influence how people within an organization interact with each other and work together to achieve business goals.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 24, 2021

IdeaScale was introduced to Ibbaka because they are working with us on a very special project to help us innovate on our business model, but we were impressed at their experience, conversancy in design thinking and innovation and passion for subjects like growth models. IS: What’s an example of an open competency model?

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Phil McKinney

JUNE 3, 2023

A leader's responsibility is to elevate a team’s success, and building a positive company culture is foundational for that success. Culture can make or break a company; maintaining a strong culture requires continuous effort, commitment, and action.

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Tullio Siragusa

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Beyond the Daily Grind: How Design Thinking Can Illuminate Your Life’s Purpose In the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, it’s easy to get caught up in the routine, to lose sight of what truly matters to us, and to wonder if there’s more to life than the daily grind. This is where the concept of “purpose” comes into play.

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Tullio Siragusa

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Design Thinking for Collaboration: A COOs’ Guide to Cross-Functional Teams Innovation. Design Thinking is a problem-solving approach that involves understanding the needs and perspectives of users, prototyping, and testing potential solutions, and iterating until the best solution is found. . How to Encourage Cross-Functional Teams.

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Cris Beswick

MAY 1, 2024

First, let’s unpack a Culture OF Innovation vs A Culture FOR Innovation. Innovation is not a monolithic entity that can be injected into an organisation’s cultural fabric. So, fostering a thriving culture for innovation within an organisation requires more than buzzwords and well-intentioned initiatives.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

We offer our design thinking certificate programs in partnership with an organization, university, or other institution. Our design thinking certificate courses are designed and delivered for varying lengths, settings, group sizes and can be a combination of in-person and virtual experiences for different purposes.

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Phil McKinney

JUNE 3, 2023

A leader's responsibility is to elevate a team’s success, and building a positive company culture is foundational for that success. Culture can make or break a company; maintaining a strong culture requires continuous effort, commitment, and action.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Embracing the Evolution: AI Meets Design Thinking The intersection of artificial intelligence and design thinking is poised to redefine the landscape of innovation and strategy. What is Design Thinking? Its collaborative nature fosters creativity, leveraging diverse perspectives to uncover innovative solutions.

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Tullio Siragusa

APRIL 18, 2022

Design Thinking for Social Innovation. Design Thinking has evolved over the years for social innovation focused on bettering society with a more human-centered approach to solving problems. . Stanford Center for Social Innovation defines Design Thinking as “the ultimate solution that is more effective, efficient, sustainable, or just?

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Tullio Siragusa

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Lead Scoring in B2B Sales: Transforming the Process with Design Thinking Lead generation and qualification is a critical aspect of B2B sales success, but it’s also a time-consuming and complex process. Benefits of Using Design Thinking for Lead Scoring Using Design Thinking to score leads have several benefits.

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Tullio Siragusa

APRIL 29, 2024

Empathy and Connection: Transforming Business Culture In the introductory episode of The Bliss Business Podcast, hosted by Stephen Sakach, Ash Maher, and Tullio Siragusa, a profound discussion unfolded around the importance of empathy, connection, and consciousness in the business world.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Well we do need to move beyond both of these and start thinking and designing with Innovation Ecosystems. I would argue we need to adapt to thinking and designing in Innovation Ecosystems. We do need to recognize we are in an evolution stage moving from open innovation into this innovation ecosystem thinking and design.

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Cris Beswick

MAY 8, 2024

Companies that embrace innovation as a core capability and foster a culture that nurtures creativity, experimentation, and collaboration are better positioned to navigate the complexities of the global marketplace, anticipate and respond to shifting market dynamics, and ultimately outpace their rivals.

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Tullio Siragusa

MAY 23, 2022

Improve Customer Success with Design Thinking. Implementing Design Thinking can help with customer success. . Design Thinking can help better focus on the demands of customers and support people’s needs by providing them with appropriate products and services. . What is Design Thinking? Solve problems. Understand people.

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Tullio Siragusa

APRIL 25, 2022

Emerging Trends in Design Thinking Innovation. According to Tim Brown, Executive Chair of IDEO, “Design Thinking is a human-centered approach to innovation that draws from the designer’s toolkit to integrate the needs of people, the possibilities of technology, and the requirements for business success.”.

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Tullio Siragusa

JULY 10, 2023

Leveraging Design Thinking for IT-Business Alignment in Prioritizing Mission-Critical Needs In the 21st-century business world, the role of IT has transitioned from a support function to a strategic driver of business success. The Power of Design Thinking Design Thinking provides a beacon of hope to bridge this IT-business gap.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

We used AI to identify the most frequently asked questions about design thinking. Here are your design thinking FAQs and answers. You can also see our “human” responses to the big question: what is design thinking ? Design Thinking Frequently Asked Questions 1. Design Thinking Frequently Asked Questions 1.

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Innovators Alliance

MAY 24, 2024

Research has shown that an organization’s culture is linked to its performance. James Heskett and John Kotter, in their book, Corporate Culture and Performance, make a compelling case. So, what is the critical link between culture, performance and growth?

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

To assist you in crafting a focused agenda for your offsite, you might find valuable guidance in how to design and run a strategic planning offsite. Preparing for the Offsite When you’re tasked with designing leadership team offsites for strategic planning, the preparation phase is critical to ensuring the event’s success.

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Leapfrogging

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Culture is a key success factor for every team and organization. But what happens to the culture of teams and organizations in a virtual world? In my latest book, The Invisible Advantage: How to Create a Culture of Innovation , I define culture as “ the norms and values that shape behavior.” Shape yours today.

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Tullio Siragusa

MARCH 6, 2023

Creating a Unified Future with Design Thinking: How to Align Sales and Marketing After M&A Post-merger and acquisition integration can be a complex and challenging process. This approach often results in cultural clashes and conflicts between the two organizations.

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Cris Beswick

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Organisational culture plays an essential role in fostering successful innovation, yet it is often overlooked or discounted by those responsible for driving that growth, i.e. the executive team. What is culture, and how does it relate to innovation Culture can be defined as the beliefs, customs, and practices of a particular group or society.

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Tullio Siragusa

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Design Thinking for Startup Sales Success: A Step-by-Step Guide. Foster a culture of accountability: Foster a culture of accountability. Setting clear expectations and holding individuals and teams accountable will help you build a culture of high performance and drive better results.

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Leanstack

APRIL 26, 2021

In this post, Alejandra shares her perspectives on when and how to incorporate lean, agile, and design thinking into your product lifecycle. Enjoy… -Ash) As a product design manager and portfolio owner, I have found myself endlessly defending why it takes 9 months to design and launch a product with no guarantee of success.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

To ensure your offsite is as productive as possible, it’s essential to design it with intention. For guidance on the planning process, consider reading our article on designing leadership team offsites for strategic planning. Recognize and validate contributions to reinforce a positive, participatory culture.

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