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The Accidental Innovation

Destination Innovation

Thomas Sullivan was a tea merchant in New York. In 1908 he despatched to customers samples of tea leaves in small silken sachets for them to try. Some people thought that the sachets were to be used like metal infusers. Customers were supposed to empty out the contents but instead they put the whole bag into the teapot and then added hot water. Sullivan heard back that the customers were happy with this new arrangement so he designed teabags for large scale production.

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How Revolutions Fail

Digital Tonto

In the final analysis, the reason that most would-be revolutionaries fail is that they assume that the righteousness of their cause will save them. It will not. Injustice, inequity and. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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The Essential Common Ground For Highly Effective Teamwork

Strategyzer Innovation

In a recent workshop we hosted with close to 100 participants, we asked participants “what organisational problems, obstacles, and risks are preventing you from successfully testing business ideas”? One of the biggest pains iterated by most participants was the lack of time. Most corporate innovation teams we work with are often from multiple disciplines, building and testing an idea on top of their existing workload.

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013: Attribute Dependency

Innovation in Practice

We live in a world of change. Just look around you, everything is changing. But today, I’m going to talk about another level of change that you probably don’t recognize though you actually experience, virtually every day. . It’s the underlying pattern for creativity technique called Attribute Dependency. This is the fifth technique of the Systematic Inventive Thinking or SIT method. .

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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Process Jolt #11 - Begin with the inhale, not the exhale

Values Centered Innovation

Welcome to our 3-Minute Conscious Innovator™ process! Are you ready for a new, insight-provoking “Jolt” … something designed to “rearrange your molecules” as it elicits your unique, innovative potential in life and work? Jolts wake us up. They spur new self-awareness, new capabilities and values, and new actions. Paradoxically, we don’t learn from each Jolt – rather, each Jolt “learns us” !

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How to Be All Inclusive

helloFUTURE

Some may say that extroverts are always more successful than introverts. Some say the opposite. Some say that you need to be a bit of both. I think I’m an ambivert, a little of this, a bit of that. To hold a useful design thinking session, you need both introverts, extroverts, and ambiverts. It would… The post How to Be All Inclusive appeared first on hellofuture.

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What Is Team Alignment? Discover How To Create The Common Ground That Is Essential For Highly Effective Teamwork.

Strategyzer Innovation

In a recent workshop we hosted with close to 100 participants, we asked participants “what organisational problems, obstacles, and risks are preventing you from successfully testing business ideas”? One of the biggest pains iterated by most participants was the lack of time. Most corporate innovation teams we work with are often from multiple disciplines, building and testing an idea on top of their existing workload.

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What if your customer experience was a reflection of the experience you are generating?

Values Centered Innovation

Even though it was decades ago, I’ll never forget the day I went to a client’s office for a 1 hour coaching session. He was a financial consultant who was highly experienced, yet still early in his tenure with a new firm. His client portfolio was not growing as quickly as he had projected, and he was feeling pressure from the top to make serious progress soon.

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