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Why Emotional Intelligence Is a Hallmark of Great Innovation Leaders

IdeaScale

Emotional intelligence plays an important role in effective leadership. Leaders who can manage their own emotions are often able to deal with the emotions of others, especially in highly stressful situations. It’s a central focus of leadership conversations because it prompts leaders to consider: What is emotional intelligence?

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The Pirate Approach to Innovation Leadership: How Thinking Like a Buccaneer Can Create Value for Your Enterprise

Qmarkets

However, the good news is that there are a few attributes of the privateer persona that can and should be emulated to enhance your innovation leadership skills (and we should emphasize that this doesn’t involve getting anyone to walk the plank). Good innovation leadership means remaining focused on three distinct horizons.

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The Pirate Approach to Innovation Leadership: How Thinking Like a Buccaneer Can Create Value for Your Enterprise

Qmarkets

However, the good news is that there are a few attributes of the privateer persona that can and should be emulated to enhance your innovation leadership skills (and we should emphasize that this doesn’t involve getting anyone to walk the plank). Good innovation leadership means remaining focused on three distinct horizons.

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What is an Innovation Maturity Assessment and How Can You Create One?

IdeaScale

The innovation maturity assessment looks at a host of factors, including: Leadership engagement: How strongly are leaders and managers involved in driving innovation? Friction within the process: How easy is it to present, refine, and develop an idea? Finding Your Location.

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How to Boost Innovation by Recycling Existing Ideas

IdeaScale

As Bill Fischer highlights in his ‘Innovating The iPod’ article; “The goals articulated by the leadership were surprisingly simple, broad yet precise. The team could get to work without feeling constrained by the way the vision was presented – they were both totally focused and liberated at the same time!

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Framing Innovation Challenges

Strategos

Framing innovation challenges is of critical importance when leadership decides to engage their employees in innovation activities. Crowdsourcing ideas is a popular, energizing way to solve a wide range of business problems. A great challenge statement generates good surprises so that leadership says, “Oh, I never saw it that way”.

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Expert Q&A: Michael Stilger on Performance Excellence and the Continuous Improvement Process

Qmarkets

Qmarkets' Senior VP Michael Stilger has a unique understanding of how to successfully implement innovation strategies and optimize idea management, based on his experience as a senior innovation manager in large global firms as well as startup companies. Technology can be a blessing or a curse.