Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

As an executive or team leader, understanding and enhancing your virtual team’s productivity is vital to the success of your projects and overall business goals. Disparate systems and inconsistent workflows can further complicate collaboration efforts.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 20, 2019

Innovation leadership is all about meeting challenges and overcoming obstacles in new and creative ways. This is where innovation leadership is most important, as a keystone for resilience. The company also called on a systems integrator to help it get the facility up to speed and those jeans and sweaters out the door that much faster.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 18, 2019

It is easy to talk about failure as a good thing in innovation projects. However, what about situations when it is not only you that is being impacted by the failure of a project or experiment? You also need support from leadership, to develop a culture where experiments aren’t punished in performance reviews.

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Christensen Institute

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Power tools: Power tools are used when collaborators have little to no agreement on what the goal for a particular project is or should be and how to achieve the goal. In this case, tools such as a redefinition of roles, control systems, threats, and coercion are most important. This is where leadership tools could be used.

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Planview

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

It’s true for all disciplines and describes the project portfolio management (PPM) market for several reasons. The market’s landmark evolution in 2020, which bifurcated PPM to support strategic portfolio management and adaptive project management. Why is the project portfolio management market continuously evolving?

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TechEmpower Innovation

AUGUST 21, 2023

The explanation from software leadership is often unsatisfying or unclear. This might include business-side materials like your product roadmap, business plans, and competitor analysis, as well as technical materials like requirements documentation, screen comps, and project/process systems like Jira and Confluence.

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Planview

JANUARY 27, 2022

Today we’re going to look at how a global biotech company used biotech project management software to drive greater business value. “We use Planview’s solutions to ensure projects in distress are getting the help they need.” “We use Planview’s solutions to ensure projects in distress are getting the help they need.”

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Importance of Fostering Innovation in Leadership Defining Innovation Culture An innovation culture refers to the values, behaviors, and norms that ensure an organization not only generates new ideas but also executes them to achieve positive outcomes.

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 10, 2017

In a turbulent marketplace, when complexity can add even more confusion, it is important to have a simple and straightforward innovation system. The Value of an Integrated Innovation System . Larger amounts of funding become available as projects show signs of success and need resources to scale their solutions.

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 10, 2017

In a turbulent marketplace, when complexity can add even more confusion, it is important to have a simple and straightforward innovation system. The Value of an Integrated Innovation System . Larger amounts of funding become available as projects show signs of success and need resources to scale their solutions.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 1, 2022

In this video conversation of around 13 minutes , we explore why the leadership of organizations needs to get deeply involved in the innovation activity. The reason top leadership needs to be fully involved. Innovation is one of those creative, forward-looking needs to build as central.

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Innov8rs

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Problem: Game-Changing Ideas Get Stuck at Square One Without a reliable system for testing early-stage ideas, orgs are leaving innovation ROI on the table. Gartner has found that business leaders underfund transformational projects by ~33% due to ineffective innovation project evaluation methods. Here’s how.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Explore systems thinking techniques, activities, and articles. Systems thinking is a powerful methodology focused on understanding how parts interact and work together within a whole system. Learn more about this methodology and discover systems thinking training techniques, activities, courses, and articles below. .

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Moves the Needle

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Companies don’t grow to become large enterprises without systems and processes working at scale, backed by the executional prowess provided by strong leadership. Introduction to Leadership Development What is Leadership Development with regard to Lean Innovation? Same hardware, but different operating system.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

When it comes to innovation leadership, keynote speakers can: Show how leaders can set a precedent for innovation within their teams. Speakers may discuss project management tools and techniques that can help streamline the implementation process and ensure that the innovative solutions achieve their intended impact.

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Moves the Needle

DECEMBER 3, 2018

It is important for these companies to develop the systems and processes inside the company to support the entrepreneurial mindset, with the ultimate goal of empowering employees to move fast, act bold, and drive impact. But, it all starts with leadership. Questions Answered: Why is Lean Innovation Leadership Important?

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

To delve further into the developmental aspects of organizational culture and how it can be shaped, explore our article on develop executive leadership to drive organizational culture change. They are the day-to-day manifestations of your company’s culture, seen in everything from how meetings are run to the way projects are managed.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Indicator Description Absenteeism Rate Percentage increase in unplanned absences Initiative Decrease in employees taking on new projects Participation Drop in attendance at workplace events A decline in morale can lead to a disengaged workforce, where individuals do not feel connected to their work or aligned with the company’s goals.

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CMOE

OCTOBER 29, 2020

You could argue that in these times everyone in the organization needs to demonstrate leadership as enterprises adapt their strategies, business models, and operating systems to rapid change. Empower them to lead projects and make decisions within their capabilities and talent.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Leadership’s Role in Fostering Collaboration Leadership plays a critical role in fostering team collaboration. To learn more about how leadership can impact team dynamics, explore our article on team collaboration best practices. Remove barriers Provide tools and resources for effective collaboration.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

Initiating a culture change demands courage, vision, and a steadfast commitment from the leadership team. Learn how to further develop these leadership qualities at develop executive leadership to drive organizational culture change. As a leader, your role is pivotal in steering this transformation.

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Planview

MARCH 26, 2024

Understanding the Purpose of Your PMO You want your PMO’s value to be recognized and appreciated throughout the organization, especially by leadership. And if there’s confusion among your stakeholders, project managers, and even within the PMO itself, there’s bound to be misalignment on what the PMO is expected to achieve.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

A variety of communication channels should be established to cater to different needs, such as instant messaging for quick queries, video conferencing for more personal interactions, and collaborative workspaces for shared projects. Teams should adopt project management best practices to maximize the benefits of these platforms.

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PlanBox Innovation

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Indeed, in this age of relentless change, the last thing any enterprise wants is a free-falling portfolio of innovative projects. 52% of projects veer off course —either going over budget, missing deadlines, or not meeting the set expectations. And, 19% crash land —either abandoned halfway or completed but left unused. Their skill set?

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Tullio Siragusa

OCTOBER 9, 2023

As AI and sophisticated systems become the norm, it’s essential for organizations to retain their creative spirit, agility, and grit. Beware the Lure of Sophisticated Systems In an effort to match larger competitors, some startups integrate complex software systems and infrastructure too early.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

For more on creating conducive settings for strategic discussions, read our guide on designing leadership team offsites for strategic planning. Physical Activities : Engage your team in physical activities that require teamwork, such as a relay race or a group construction project.

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Christensen Institute

APRIL 18, 2024

Specifically, we call out what it is about their business models, or operating models, that allows them to prevent children from entering or reentering the child welfare system unnecessarily. She’s an Associate Professor at the Indiana University School of Social Work and Project Director of SIF.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 11, 2020

We are searching for what makes up the present system and what needs to be part of the future to create a ‘best’ innovation capability environment that is sustainable in the longer-term. Moving your resources in the right direction takes courage and decisive leadership. Any learning involves sensing, seizing, and then transforming.

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CMOE

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Managing multiple projects, budgets, and tasks is essential for a manager to be effective, but these responsibilities shouldn’t overshadow the importance of team morale and engagement. In this post, we’ll explore the essence of team drive and how to motivate your team as a project manager. Why Is Team Motivation Important?

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Those ideas then pass through an evaluation phase by relevant internal experts, with the best ones selected for implementation as live projects. Incredibly, more than half of these have progressed into actual projects; ICL has completed 1,154 projects to date with another 1,584 currently live.

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Idea to Value

JANUARY 4, 2022

We had a target to hit, and I was responsible for producing the reporting for the rest of the leadership team (of which he was one), but as time went on it became clearer and clearer that it would be impossible to hit the target, which would have an impact on the overall team budget. It takes years to make a new operating system.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Feedback mechanisms : Implement systems that allow for continuous feedback, both from employees and management. To encourage teamwork: Team projects : Assign projects that require collective input and joint problem-solving to foster team spirit.

Culture 100

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Rmukesh Gupta

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Almost everyone project manager that I meet wants to find out a way to do two things: Deliver their projects on-budget and on-time Be innovative in their approach while doing so. Yet, we know that most projects are neither on-budget nor on-time. So, why is it that most large projects fail?

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Idea to Value

MARCH 7, 2022

Then, have a process for aligning strategy (which pulls you forward) with budgeting (which anchors you backward) with project governance (which is usually a total mess) with people’s incentives. One of the top ten business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50, Whitney is an expert at smart growth leadership. Fabienne Jacquet.

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ImagineNation

MAY 9, 2019

With a national election for a new Australian government about to take place in less than a weeks’ time, it raises key questions around the impact of collaborative, autocratic or competitive leadership styles. Many voters, like myself, to question as to what leadership style might be best for our country’s future.

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Planview

MAY 5, 2023

From a customer perspective, Razat continues, “With the power of AWS, we will continue to help our growing customers connect their ideas to impact, across projects and products, and deliver positive outcomes – especially in times of change.” Also, project managers had varying experience and skill levels, and silos existed between departments.

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Christensen Institute

MARCH 22, 2022

A shared vision for 21st-century student success enabled these schools to effectively utilize “leadership tools” to rally and empower school stakeholders to solve emergent challenges. Prepared schools also had strong and flexible systems, a pattern that resonates with research on using “heavyweight teams” to tackle new challenges.

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