Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Recognizing Toxic Work Environments To initiate the journey towards building a positive work culture, it’s imperative to recognize the current state of your work environment. Signs of a Toxic Work Culture Toxic work cultures can manifest in various ways, and being aware of the signs is crucial for any manager or leader.

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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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Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Culture Change 100

Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Where in your business or your team are you willing to bend the rules? Would you be willing to tolerate a sale where the margins were below your team’s KPIs, just in order to get the revenue from the sale? And would you punish a different team member if they wanted to use those same low margins in the future?

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

The Imperative of Organizational Culture Defining Organizational Culture Organizational culture embodies the values, beliefs, and behaviors that determine how your company’s employees interact and handle business transactions.

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Culture Change Management Agile 100

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.

Culture 100

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Cris Beswick

MAY 8, 2024

Innovation has often been treated as a cyclical phenomenon, eagerly embraced during prosperous times and relegated to the sidelines during economic downturns. More than 70% of senior executives regularly acknowledge that innovation will be among their companies’ top three growth drivers in the next three to five years.

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Culture Leadership Underperforming Technical Team Innovation 59

Leapfrogging

APRIL 17, 2024

The Power of Team Innovation Keynote Speakers Keynote speakers hold a pivotal role in setting the tone and driving the theme of corporate events, conferences, and leadership programs. Their impact can often extend beyond the event, influencing long-term team dynamics and innovation.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 23, 2023

Here is a simple assessment you can take to assess for a culture of innovation in your organization or group. We used AI to help us generate and also categorize the questions across four important categories: Mindset, Leadership, Process, and Culture. Do you believe that failure is a necessary part of the innovation process?

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Overview: While the fundamentals of creating an innovative culture at a company remain the same when remote, such as encouraging ideas and using small teams to build up, the remote workplace offers new challenges for innovators. Remote Work And Innovation Culture. Create Teams. Expect Growing Pains.

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Destination Innovation

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Hsieh studied computer science at Harvard University where he was a member of a prize-winning programming contest team. He was concerned that customers would feel nervous about buying shoes unseen and untried, so he set out to make them feel comfortable and secure with shopping online. The company hires only about 1% of all applicants.

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Business and Tech

MARCH 21, 2022

Companies that create and nurture a culture of care have more engaged employees and reduced turnover. Caring culture. Limeade research shows the biggest predictors of participation include a caring culture, communication, listening and learning, and leader involvement. A caring culture can be represented in many ways.

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Cris Beswick

MARCH 14, 2024

In today’s business landscape, characterised by rapid technological change, evolving customer expectations, and non-traditional competitors, building the organisation-wide capability to innovate continuously is more vital than ever. At its core, Innovation is about identifying and creatively solving problems to deliver new value.

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Culture Tips Leadership Innovation 59

Tullio Siragusa

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Cross-Cultural Leadership: Navigating the Global Tapestry In an increasingly interconnected world, the ability to lead across diverse cultural landscapes is not just an asset; it’s a necessity. This blog explores the intricacies of cross-cultural leadership and offers strategies for leaders to effectively navigate this complex terrain.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 8, 2020

I'm writing a series of blog posts about the fundamentals of innovation success. In my previous article I wrote about the importance of fundamentals in any activity , using music and practicing scales as an analogy for understanding the fundamentals of innovation. Simply suggest a more radical idea and wait the feedback.

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Leapfrogging

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Culture is a key success factor for every team and organization. Shape it to get more innovation, even from your remote workforce. But what happens to the culture of teams and organizations in a virtual world? Innovation starts with problems. And stories contain messages about what’s important and why.

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Tullio Siragusa

JANUARY 10, 2022

Society 2045’s Teamwork Based Innovative Work Culture. Today, many organizations have an individualistic approach to their culture and concentrate primarily on revenues and profits. This tends to impact the way employees think about their participation at work as well. . Dave Landa is CEO of Kintone , US.

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Culture Innovation Company Change 138

Jeffrey Phillips

JULY 18, 2023

I'd like to write today about what I call sneaky innovation. I define sneaky innovation as the innovation work that is often started and completed in disparate locations in the business, is not strategic and is often completed without a lot of fanfare. Sneaky innovation is, almost by definition, a local phenomenon.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In today’s rapidly changing business landscape, the ability to build a strong case, stay informed, and think critically is the key to unlocking success and driving innovation. In this environment, success isn’t just about being prepared for change; it’s about actively shaping it. My 2nd offer point.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Importance of Team Collaboration The efficacy of team collaboration cannot be overstated in today’s business environment. It serves as a cornerstone for innovation and drives superior business outcomes. Enhancing Innovation and Business Results Effective team collaboration is a catalyst for innovation.

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Collaboration Technical Review Agile Trends 113

Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Understanding Team Collaboration Collaboration within a team setting is a cornerstone of modern organizational success, driving innovation, problem-solving, and efficiency in today’s complex workplace. Higher Employee Engagement Teams that work collaboratively often report higher levels of engagement and job satisfaction.

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Collaboration Strategy Strategy Guidelines 113

Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

Unleashing Innovation with the Best Keynote Speakers Importance of Keynote Speakers in Corporate Events Keynote speakers play a pivotal role in corporate events, as they have the power to set the tone and energize the audience. They bring stories of success and failure that can humanize the innovation process and make it more relatable.

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Innovation Leadership Ideation Innovation Processes 113

Leapfrogging

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Culture is a key success factor for every team and organization. Shape it to get more innovation, even from your remote workforce. But what happens to the culture of teams and organizations in a virtual world? Innovation starts with problems. And stories contain messages about what’s important and why.

Tools 147

Tools Culture Brainstorming Innovation 147

Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

One of the biggest questions I am getting from businesses at the moment is what the potential impact of a recession or the slowdown of the economy might have on their innovation efforts. And according to a new report by Innovation Leader and KPMG USA called “ Benchmarking Innovation Impact, from InnoLead.”

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Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Report Innovation 298

Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Nurturing Innovative Team Collaboration In the rapidly evolving business landscape, innovative team collaboration has become a cornerstone for companies seeking to remain competitive and adaptive. In this context, team collaboration isn’t just recommended; it’s imperative for survival and success.

Underperforming Technical Team 113

Underperforming Technical Team Collaboration Creativity Software Review 113

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Shaping Innovation for a Meaningful Change Following on from my initial post, “ Our Need is to Shape Innovation Dynamically, ” this post outlines the eight value-adding points that I can help build out and deliver alongside you in different delivery modules to fit your circumstances and budgets.

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Change Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Agile 173

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 7, 2024

25 years looking back at Innovation’s evolution I decided to hold a conversation with Google’s Gemini about how innovation had changed and hopefully progressed since I first became involved 25 years ago, when I lived in Singapore and was heavily involved in my MBA, which had innovation as an elective.

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Artificial Inteligence Collaboration Ideation Innovation 147

Jeffrey Phillips

MARCH 23, 2018

I've written and spoken about the importance of corporate culture and its impact on innovation over the last 15 years or so. Heck, one of the underlying issues I address in my book Relentless Innovation (shameless plug) is the overwhelming challenge that corporate culture presents to an innovation team.

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Culture Change Innovation Engagement 150

Leapfrogging

MAY 9, 2024

The Importance of Trust in Leadership Teams Understanding the Impact of Trust in Leadership Trust serves as the foundational element in leadership teams, where every decision, interaction, and goal hinges on its presence. It is the glue that holds your team together through challenges and uncertainty.

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Leadership Culture Collaboration Meeting 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

Introduction to Experiential Intelligence in Executive Teams Understanding Experiential Intelligence In today’s competitive business landscape, it’s important to recognize that the traditional metrics of intelligence such as IQ or even EQ (Emotional Intelligence) are no longer sufficient on their own.

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Leadership Innovation Collaboration Culture 113

IdeaScale

MARCH 28, 2017

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 importance of fostering beliefs and behaviors that encourage innovation within your team and organization cannot be overstated.

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Culture Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Handbook 100

Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

There's an old joke about perspective and laziness I love and have used before on this blog, because it illustrates many of the challenges (and opportunities) of corporate innovation. Otherwise innovation is a slap-dash bolt-on activity that cannot, will not, result in anything valuable.

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Culture Idea Generation Innovation Competition 150

Idea to Value

JULY 13, 2021

In order to succeed as a professional innovation manager, you need a variety of skills. From being able to manage bureaucracy to coming up with ideas in the first place, here are the 6 Most Important skills you need to be an effective innovator: 1. Innovation relies on the implementation of a creative idea. Creativity.

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Innovation Project Creativity Brainstorming 320

Tullio Siragusa

JULY 24, 2023

The Detriments of a Command-and-Control Culture and the Power of Design Thinking In the competitive landscape of modern business, the approach we take to leadership can make or break an organization. Example: Kodak, a once-dominant player in the photography industry, struggled to innovate and adapt to the digital age.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

Introduction to Innovation Keynote Speakers Importance of Keynote Speakers in Corporate Events Keynote speakers play a pivotal role in the success of corporate events. They are the linchpins that can inspire, motivate, and ignite a passion for innovation within your organization.

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Artificial Inteligence Case Study Leadership Design Thinking 100

Idea to Value

MAY 18, 2020

I recently met with a very successful company that is seen as a highly innovative global pioneer that others in their industry, which is facing many structural headwinds and inevitable changes, look up to. The challenge s of centralized innovation. Let’s look into why that is the case. That, however, is where the problem lies.

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Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Ideation Culture 361

Innovators Alliance

APRIL 21, 2021

Company culture is not a ‘one size fits all’ attribute. In fact, a company’s culture is as uniquely tied to it as a human is to their personality. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, companies – their operations, workforce, and cultures – were shaken to the core. There were some who saw this as an opportunity to innovate.

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Culture of Innovation Culture How To Innovation 90

Innov8rs

JANUARY 16, 2023

You can have the best innovation strategy in the world, but you won't get far without a supportive culture across the organization and the right talent within your innovation teams. When it comes to creating or changing a culture of innovation, what works? How To Nurture An Innovation Culture?

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