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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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How making Pros & Cons lists damage your innovation projects without you realising

Idea to Value

I just got back from a lunch with a dear friend of mine, who was describing a potential project which was being discussed at his new accounting company. It is what keeps us from wandering into dark caves, but it also a reason why it’s so hard to convince your boss to support a new idea or innovative project.

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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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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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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. Though the processes are essential, it is a passive way of getting things done.

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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 primary difficulty that can arise is that as the project progresses, the estimations can go wrong, and discovering new facets along the way can create more difficulty.

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Redefining Conflict Resolution: The Design Thinking Way

Tullio Siragusa

In the TechCorp context, they trialed a ‘Project Fusion’, where members from both teams collaborated on a unified pitch to stakeholders. TechCorp’s ‘Project Fusion’ is a testament to the power of prototyping, showcasing how real-time collaboration can mold the ideal solution.