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The Universality of Leadership: Challenging Industry-Specific Biases

Tullio Siragusa

The Universality of Leadership: Challenging Industry-Specific Biases In the modern business landscape, we often hear the argument that leaders should be hired from within the same industry to be effective. Here, we make a case for the top five universal leadership skills, which are, arguably, more critical than industry-specific experience.

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INNOVATION LEADERSHIP IS PARADOXICAL

ImagineNation

Most of us are aware that both the organisational leadership and cultural paradigms have shifted , due to the accelerating demands of the current global VUCA/BANI operating environment. They are potentially positive when managed. What is a paradox? They are not problems that can be solved, as they are often unsolvable.

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Why an Innovation Roadmap Tool is Still Key to Driving Your Long-Term Business Success

Leapfrogging

Over the last 25 years, I’ve spent thousands of hours and run hundreds of innovation sessions designed to help business executives across all industries to develop better strategies which will enable them to stay ahead of the competition when it comes to developing the most innovative products and services to serve their customers. ? .

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Organize innovation to fit your strategy & culture.

Leapfrogging

It reminded me how important it is to highlight the ultimate organizational design principle: Structure follows strategy. It’s the foundation of organizational design. From a leadership standpoint, council members’ roles involve removing internal roadblocks so that enterprise innovation can be effectively managed.

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Eleven Reasons for the UK’s Poor Productivity

Destination Innovation

Weak political leadership, lobby groups, regulation and enquiries lead to a paralysis of decision making and action. Who is going to design and program the robots? Who is going to design and program the robots? Managers and staff are often risk averse and reluctant to change. Poor management. Poor leadership.

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MANAGING AND SHIFTING A BREAKTHROUGH MINDSET

ImagineNation

A recent article in Forbes Magazine stated that “research scientists have long said every thought that enters the mind eventually finds a place in the body where it bears the burden”. To emerge and PULL the present from our current reality toward a future of our own design. Certainty is an illusion. Backcast and don’t forecast.

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Successful Innovation Program Highlights the Value of Intrapreneurship

IdeaScale

You can read about this innovation team initiative in Intrapreneur Magazine (pp. Maybe the company culture isn’t supportive of new ideas, or maybe the hierarchy of leadership is too rigid to allow ideas to reach the right people. What Holds People Back from Sharing Their Ideas?