Wed.Jan 26, 2022

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Case Study: Medicins San Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders)

IdeaScale

Overview: Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has always been in need of innovation, so it took advantage of its natural organizational structure and the broad range of talent involved to develop a new innovation unit in 2010 that was updated in 2017 and has produced several improvements to how MSF does its crucial work. The Challenge.

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Calculated Risks and the Missing Competency of an Anticipatory Mindset

Daniel Burrus

When you are starting a business or making a change internally as a business leader, many on the outside will repeatedly remind you how risky your choice is. There are countless motivational books and quotes within them that reassure you it is because the doubting individual doesn’t want to see you fail, while others may be hoping you will fail out of jealousy of your bravery.

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Integrating ‘Agile’ Approaches into ‘Waterfall’ Cultures

InnovationTraining.org

This is a guest post by Harry Webne-Behrman. This article is adapted from his recent book, What Matters in This Moment: Leading Groups Through Uncertain Times. “Agile” and “Waterfall” offer us very different approaches to project management. These processes can each guide us, depending upon our goals, knowledge, and values surrounding stakeholder engagement.

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BEING COMFORTABLE WITH BEING UNCOMFORTABLE

ImagineNation

It’s been a tough two years for everyone since the COVID-19 crisis began. Some of us have been hit very, very hard, by the impact of the pandemic exacerbated by the rate of exponential change. As result, many of us are feeling overwhelmed and languishing in varying states of anxiety and discomfort. Some of us are struggling with extreme uncertainty existing within our coaching environments, whilst many of us are seeking to prepare and manage for what might possibly come next.

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Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data

Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Strategy Diamond: An Introduction

Cascade Strategy

Introduction to the strategy diamond. There are no perfect strategic plans.

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17 of the Best Books on Creativity

Carla Johnson

January 18, 2022 January is International Creativity Month. Because of this, I wanted to take a few minutes and answer a question that people regularly ask me: What should I read to get better at creativity? Following are the 18 best books I’ve read that I believe will help you become a better creative thinker. This applies if you feel. Read More.

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8 Types of Corporate Antibodies

Idea to Value

If you work in a company, and want to develop a new innovation, at some point you are going to meet resistance. You will come up against individuals or teams who just do not support your new idea for one reason or another. Much like an animal’s immune system cells which tries to kill foreign invaders, these individuals will try to kill your ideas.

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