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6 Levels of Commitment to Change

Rmukesh Gupta

Premise: Every change or a transformation effort needs the support and commitment of people who will either be affected by the change or who lead the change or who could influence the success of the change effort. Hence, it is important for those who want to drive or lead the change effort learn how committed they are to the change. The commitment can vary from people wanting to outright sabotage the change on one extreme to co-creating or co-owning the change on the other end of the spectrum.

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What shapes your thinking?

Jeffrey Phillips

There's a famous saying, attributed to Marshall McLuhan, who is reported to have said - we shape our tools, and then our tools shape us. Supposedly Churchill said something similar, only about buildings. I think what was attributed to McLuhan is true - we shape our tools, and then they shape us. From the earliest stone axes that were crafted by hand, to the latest software on the web, we create our tools, and then those tools shape who we become.

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Helping Kids Foster and Keep Creativity

Idea to Value

For most kids, being creative and imaginative is no problem. It seems to come naturally through play, exploration, and curiosity. You can probably even remember back to your own childhood and how effortless it seemed to come up with creative, fresh ideas no matter what you were doing. However, research has discovered that children may become less creative as they get older.

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The European Space Agency's Voyage Into Open Innovation

HYPE Innovation

This blog post is part of a series on successfully managing open innovation programs. In this series, I talk with experienced innovation managers to understand how they've built an open innovation capability in their organizations and how they strive to make this capability increasingly stronger.

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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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how to discover the secrets of great new products: do the least you can do, fake it before you make it, and don’t be afraid of embarrassment

helloFUTURE

Many startup founders (or corporate innovators) have an issue with the concept of an MVP. The definition of a Minimum Viable Product varies greatly – but in the purest sense, it should be “the least you can do” For example, I co-founded a startup in 2009 with two ex-Yahoo colleagues. We’d started as a consulting shop… The post how to discover the secrets of great new products: do the least you can do, fake it before you make it, and don’t be afraid of embarras

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Corporate Innovators Talk Cost-Cutting and the Need to Reinvest in Innovation

Innovation Leader

During a recent conversation on the Clubhouse app, corporate innovators discussed weathering the COVID recession, pursuing breakthrough ideas, and corporate venture capital programs.

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How to communicate the Purpose of your Business in an authentic way?

Be-novative

Best practices from our Be-novative Partner Hub ?? Turning your own Purpose into an idea that leads to manifesting in a product and services will bring you one day to a moment to reconsider: is it only your individual Purpose that drives your business or is it a sum of the Purposes of individuals around you, who are there because of the magnetic force of that company Purpose.

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Drowsy Deeds: How a Lack of Sleep Impacts You at Work

The Human Factor

source. We all know by now that driving drowsy is dangerous and that we aren’t at our best when we haven’t had enough sleep. Just ask a trucking accident attorney ! But when we think about our situations, somehow, denial often kicks in. We act as if we believe this is true for everyone else, but not for us. Of course, it is true for everyone, including us.

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4 Tips for Business Owners Who Want to Take a Holiday

The Human Factor

source. Running a business is hard work. It takes up all your time and energy, and you rarely get the opportunity to get away from it all. You can squeeze in gym sessions and date nights with your partner outside of office hours, but your mind is always still on the business. This is especially true in the early stages when you have to work hard to grow your company and make it profitable.

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