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Powering Up Your Strategy: Success Factors for Executive Team Offsites

Leapfrogging

Breakout Sessions Planning Breakout sessions are a valuable component of any offsite as they allow smaller groups to focus on specific topics, encourage participation from all attendees, and foster collaboration. Facilitators : Assign a facilitator for each group to keep discussions on track and ensure that all voices are heard.

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Podcast S3E64: Jonathan Courtney – What it takes to build a successful digital product

Idea to Value

00:03:30 – The tension behind building products for months and misalignment causing them to go nowhere. 00:05:30 – The power of Design Sprints to speed up project starts. Design sprints are a step by step system for bringing a group of people together to solve big problems. Topics covered in today’s episode.

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The Path to Innovation: Implementing Effective Team Collaboration Practices

Leapfrogging

Implementing sound team collaboration practices can be the difference between a group that simply functions and one that flourishes, fostering innovation and delivering impactful business results. Task management systems, which help in tracking the progress of various tasks and projects.

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What to innovate now

Jeffrey Phillips

From new medical devices to new banking products, to new consumer appliances and more, I've worked on a number of innovation projects in a wide range of industries. Over time, as innovation has matured somewhat, many innovation consultants began to reference Doblin's Ten Types model.

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Measuring Innovation Performance

Why do only a third of the organizations worldwide have formal innovation metrics in place despite accepting that innovation is critical to survival? Download this eBook to learn about the 5 basic principles that guide every successful innovation process.

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Mastering the Art: Using Organizational Culture for Business Agility and Resilience

Leapfrogging

Conversely, be honest about the elements that are hindering your agility and resilience, such as resistance to change, lack of innovation, or poor communication. This can be done through surveys, interviews, and focus groups. This could include surveys, workshops, and focus groups.

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Innovation Department Best Practices: A Talk with Peter Berger

IdeaScale

Peter Berger is the Director of Innovation for EmbraerX, a Silicon Valley innovation unit of Brazilian aerospace company Embraer. The Components of a Productive Innovation Department. In other words, the quarterly updates that work for traditional business units are far too short a timescale for big innovation projects.

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