Mon.Sep 30, 2024

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Customer Co-Creation Models: How Businesses Innovate with Their Customers

IdeaScale

As businesses increasingly focus on innovation and customer-centric strategies, customer co-creation has emerged as a powerful way to involve customers in the product development process. By actively engaging customers in idea generation, design, and decision-making, companies can better understand market needs and create products or services that directly meet customer expectations.

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Supply Chains Belong at the Top of a CEO’s Agenda

Harvard Business Review

After the big Covid-19 whipsaw, the most obvious forms of supply chain distress started to fade away. But the relative peace and quiet that executives are perceiving is actually ominous. Under the surface, supply chain risk has become severe, systemic, and strategic. Addressing the risk cannot be left to procurement and operations teams alone, however smart and skillful they are.

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We Need to Solve the Productivity Crisis

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Greg Satell When politicians and pundits talk about the economy, they usually do so in terms of numbers. Unemployment is too high or GDP is too low. Inflation should be at this level or at that.

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The Case for More Company Insiders on Boards

Harvard Business Review

Until the 1970s, corporate boards were dominated by inside directors — people employed by or affiliated with the company in some way. As of 2023, Spencer Stuart research found that 85% of directors are independent. The switch came in response to a number of trends, including the distrust of American institutions after Watergate and Vietnam, and SEC rule changes that increased the importance of independent directors.

Company 100
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How To Select the Right Software for Innovation Management

Finding the right innovation management software is like picking a racing bike—it's essential to consider your unique needs rather than just flashy features. This oversight can stall your innovation efforts. Download now to explore key considerations for success!

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First Principles Based Leadership – Introducing Systems Thinking for Leaders

Rmukesh Gupta

Premise This post is relevant for you irrespective of where you are currently situated in leadership ladder (Individual contributor, team lead, leading teams, leading managers, leading lines of business or leading organisations). While systemic awareness this is a foundational skill, it gets more and more crucial as you climb the leadership ladder. So, we would be better off learning about this while we are early in our careers and build on it as we grow by adding nuances and being intentional a

System 52
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Coming Soon: Season 8

Harvard Business Review

Listen to the new season of Coaching Real Leaders, where executive coach Muriel Wilkins tackles a whole new set of leadership challenges with real clients.

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5 Ways to Ask Your Boss to Advocate for You

Harvard Business Review

Stop waiting for support to magically materialize.