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Five Unicorn Scaleup Strategies

Leapfrogging

I encourage you to get it and embrace these strategies, whether you’re running a startup or in a big company. But they are manageable. For the unindoctrinated, “lean” is the term coined in a 1988 MIT Sloan Management Review article by John Krafcik, who recently retired as CEO of Google’s Waymo division. They are real.

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Organize innovation to fit your strategy & culture.

Leapfrogging

That’s because they try to apply processes and structures that don’t fit their business strategies and cultures. It reminded me how important it is to highlight the ultimate organizational design principle: Structure follows strategy. Successful innovation requires aligning your innovation model to your business strategy.

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Quiet Quitting Isn’t the Problem. Your Business Strategy May Be.

Leapfrogging

It’s a more empowering lens, especially for the internal business functions focused on employee engagement, communication, culture, and strategy. Build a strategy that’s so compelling people won’t want to quiet quit at all. Moving Forward With Your Quiet Quitting Strategy. Your Business Strategy May Be.

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A Vital Change Management Strategy Role: Sharing an Innovation Vocabulary

BrainZooming

What are all the change management strategy roles a change agent plays? As we worked on strategic thinking exercises to explore the company’s future vision and user experience, the change management strategy vocabulary the group used was conventional, unemotional, and lacking innovative thinking. Lesson learned.

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Use a Strategy Uncertainty Map to Find Clarity in Disruptive Times

Leapfrogging

Here’s the downloadable Strategy Uncertainty Map I developed as part of my work with Praxie.com. A Strategy Uncertainty Map is a visual representation of your top opportunities, which can include products, services, projects, or business strategies. Also, be sure to keep the Strategy Uncertainty Map alive.

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Innovation Funnel Management System: The Secret Tool to Drive Innovative Product Development in Your Business

Leapfrogging

Enter the Innovation Funnel Management Process, one of my favorite tools to help manage business process innovation. The Innovation Funnel Management Process helps narrow down ideas from an innovation process or project into a realistic plan of action and next steps. . The Innovation Funnel Management Process ?requires

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25 Podcasts for Managers (with Episode Recommendations)

CMOE

25 Podcasts for Managers. Manager Tools. We’ve entered the age of podcasts, and everyone can benefit from the distillation of the experiences of experts, including leaders and managers. Any leader can benefit from at least one of these podcasts for managers. 25 Business-Management Podcasts. Coaching for Potential.