Sat.Jul 13, 2019

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Culture Remains the Strongest Innovation Litmus Test

Innovation Excellence

For being members of a discipline that prides itself on discovering the unknown, innovation practitioners have a secret lust of commonplace predictability and yearn for security as much as any human being. Seeing how they too often become the mistaken and hapless scapegoats for lack of core business growth, it is easy to empathize with.

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25 Quotes on the Power of Story

Idea Champions

Looking for some inspiring quotes on why storytelling is such a powerful way to communicate your message, cut through the clutter, and awaken people's need for meaning? Here you go. 1. "The world is not made of atoms. It is made of stories." - Muriel Ruykeser. 2. "A story is a way to say something that can't be said any other way." - Flannery O'Connor. 3.

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The Unconscious Landscape of Leadership

Innovation Excellence

Leadership: The unconscious landscape of leadership I’m a business consultant. I help businesses innovate more quickly then their products. Often people innovate their products a lot faster than they innovate their business, which means that they keep a traditional business with hierarchical leadership, siloed cooperation, separated commercial and innovation functions, and little regard for the.