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Eliminating innovation unknowns - definitions

Jeffrey Phillips

How do we prioritize existing projects and new innovation work? These and other unknowns will haunt the team, and unless they are resolved quickly and effectively by a manager or executive, the teams will resolve them by reverting to existing norms and past experiences. How much risk and uncertainty will be tolerated?

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Creating Roadmaps for Success: How to Design and Run a Strategic Planning Offsite

Leapfrogging

Importance of Strategic Planning Offsites A strategic planning offsite is not just another meeting; it’s an investment in your organization’s future. By removing distractions and dedicating time solely to strategic thinking, you create an atmosphere where creativity and big-picture thinking can thrive.

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Capabilities and Leadership Close the Skills Gap in Manufacturing

Innovation 360 Group

Low-skilled, repetitive labor is being automated, while skills like innovation and creativity are more and more in demand. But how do you hire for creativity, innovation and strategic thinking, and create the right culture to support and develop it? Productive innovative thinking is not inspired or sporadic.

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Innovation Strategy – Dancing Elephants, Orthodoxies, and Cognitive Biases

BrainZooming

The right combination of outside perspectives and productive strategic thinking exercises enables your brand to ideate, prioritize, and propel innovative growth. Download this free, concise eBook to : Identify your organization’s innovation profile. Related posts Innovation Strategy?

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Leadership Skills – 15 Ideas for Innovative Leadership in 2017

BrainZooming

Ashley McCollum (General Manager, Tasty at BuzzFeed) advocates for leaders collaborating with their teams to create business strategy. A leader’s role involves pushing the team, but not necessarily for more productivity. A leader should create strategy with a team. The reason? Shaping Teams.