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What Is Corporate Social Innovation? Understanding the New Driver of Change

IdeaScale

The need for a socially appropriate goals and actions of a corporation has given rise to corporate social innovation where companies form partnerships with NGOs. What Is Social Innovation? Merely doing something that is deemed to be good is not social innovation. How to Drive Social Innovation?

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Design Thinking Applied to M&A Integration

Tullio Siragusa

Post-merger integration plans typically require creating lengthy checklists, project plans, activities, and tasks basically focused on estimation upfront. The most common reasons for failure are: People struggle to work with long checklists since it is difficult to manage the details. There is a better way. That’s coercion.

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Intrapreneurs

eZassi

Invest in Intrapreneurs – Innovation Management Supports Your Organization’s Greatest Change Makers Intrapreneurs are those important team members with the optimism, intellect, initiative, and discipline to champion bright ideas and drive new project pipelines, establishing innovative change across the business.

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11 female innovation leaders share their definition of innovation

Idea to Value

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. As one of the world’s top experts on innovation and growth, Rita’s work is regularly published in the Harvard Business Review. Tiffani Bova.

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Design Thinking Applied to Re-Organizations

Tullio Siragusa

State A which represents the current mindset and behaviors, and State B which represents the Design Thinking approach to innovation. A project manager in State A defines their roles by ensuring the project is on schedule and submitted by deadlines. Develop a Clear Process Map. Report Progress.

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How to Be a Valuable Team Player During Times of Change: Strategies for Success

Tullio Siragusa

Whether it’s a new project, a shift in leadership, or an overhaul of processes, change can be both exciting and challenging. It also means being flexible and willing to adjust your approach as needed to meet the changing needs of the team or project. Communicate Effectively Communication is key during times of change.

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Key Issues in Innovation Management – Revisited – Part 2

Tim Kastelle

In part 1 of this post , Ralph revisited key innovation issues that were already addressed by us three years ago. It doesn’t always translate to managers, however. Co-Innovation and startup engagement. The Stanford Social Innovation Review also looked at how to do this inside of not-for-profits. They have to.