In a recent post by Alan Hall at Forbes, Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen is quoted: Our current economy, however, has gone off of the rails in large part because we are focused almost entirely on efficiency innovations--on...
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Wonder why so many innovation projects fail before they start? Wish you could start your team or company moving in a more innovative direction? Wonder why your work feels boring and what you can do to shake things up? This video contains some great content to get you there. Delete the scoop?
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The opposing views of Thomas Friedman and Pankaj Ghemawat on the state of globalization have significant implications for multinationals. Via Peter Verschuere
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This article states that the global economy isn't as flat or interconnected as Thomas Friedman's seminal book 'The World Is Flat' might have us believe.
I say that it completely depends on the business and industry you work in. Blanket statements are dangerous territory for a company to live in and abide by.
ALWAYS evaluate any trend or strategic position against the realities of your specific circumstances.
Please listen deeply and search closely for the clues and nuances to drive your company's agenda. Delete the scoop?
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When I first got to Chicago and was doing improvisational comedy, there was a group of folks from Ivy League schools, like Rachel Dratch, who graduated from Dartmouth.
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It takes all kinds to make the world, and to make successful companies too. Design a space where the best thinkers and visionaries can co-exist. Delete the scoop?
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It turns out that being good to your employees is one of the best things you can do for the bottom line.
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More data that positively correlates employee engagement with financial performance. #workplacewellness Delete the scoop?
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Entrepreneurs get excited about change, but for staff members, it can be downright threatening. Here's how to get them on board.
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Some useful ideas to try out when you need or want to charge ahead with company change. #changemanagement Delete the scoop?
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Flickr Photo By wintercool612 By Andrea Simon, Ph.D., Cultural Anthropologist & CEO of Simon Associates Management Consultants A former client contacted us recently, saying: “We’re stuck.” As in so many cases after 2008’s Great Recession, his division,...
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It's one thing to say we'll change, and another thing to actually make the change happen and stick for ourselves and our organizations. We are fighting brain chemistry, habitual patterns. But all is not lost. There is a way forward and it takes conscious, intentional forward momentum to get the results you want. Delete the scoop?
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Travelling from London to San Francisco, I had a lot of time to catch up on my reading.
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If you're puzzled about how to introduce and integrate social media into your business strategy and operations, this article (and the report it features) is a good place to start. Delete the scoop?
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The Harvard professor, who created the concept of shared value, hopes to bring social and environmental considerations to the top of the policy and corporate agenda
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Attention cause-based businesses! Ever wonder if global indices are starting to include more than just economic indicators? Wonder no more. Introducing the Social Progress Index, a way to measure social and environmental impact at a country level. Delete the scoop?
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Clients control the purse strings and give the final go-ahead. Some feel held back.
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The age-old conflict between ad agencies and their clients. What do you say/think, my agency & client friends? Has the landscape changed much in the last 5 years? Are we taking more, or fewer risks? Delete the scoop?
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Is it better to improve on existing ideas or to start from scratch?
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I agree with both camps, though I DO tend to be biased toward innovation. It reminds me of the time I was a Biology major in university, when we debated the usefulness of pure vs. applied science. What's your take? 
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April 4, 8:36 AM
Are successful entrepreneurial concepts the product of nature or of nurture? Do they spring unformed from the minds of inventors, or are they carefully cultivated adaptations of preexisting notions? Delete the scoop?
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Finding a job is so 20th century. That is why young people today need to be more “innovation ready” than “college ready.”
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Is our education system grooming the next generation of innovation-ready workers? According to this article, the answer is no. Read on to see where we're failing and how to turn the tide. 
AlGonzalezinfo's curator insight,
April 1, 7:56 PM
Who is doing it right?
“Finland is one of the most innovative economies in the world,” he said, “and it is the only country where students leave high school ‘innovation-ready.’
They learn concepts and creativity more than facts, and have a choice of many electives — all with a shorter school day, little homework, and almost no testing. In the U.S., 500 K-12 schools affiliated with Hewlett Foundation’s Deeper Learning Initiative and a consortium of 100 school districts called EdLeader21 are developing new approaches to teaching 21st-century skills.
There are also a growing number of ‘reinvented’ colleges like the Olin College of Engineering, the M.I.T. Media Lab and the ‘D-school’ at Stanford where students learn to innovate.” 
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April 8, 1:03 PM
The main issue of the article is into the headline.
The way...train the creativity side of our brain... And, meanwhile, laugh...to help with the caos that the crativity process could bring until you get some tangible to to with. Delete the scoop?
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'The challenge is to make people persist in the [innovation] behaviours' says 'Innovation as Usual' author Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg. Delete the scoop?
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“If there is one word that makes creative people different from others, it is the word complexity.” Creativity researcher Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Via Douglas Eby, Lynnette Van Dyke, AlGonzalezinfo
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Yes, we are complex creatures indeed :) 
Douglas Eby's comment,
March 27, 5:51 PM
Thanks - here is a link to The Da Vinci Method http://shrd.by/cASYML
Érica Ariano's comment,
March 27, 7:07 PM
Oh yeah, great Douglas. You shared the most important thing - thank you! ;) Loporto has a site too http://thedavincimethod.com/ and this video is nice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPR3GlpQQJA
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Learn how Sir Richard Branson has built an airline with the best customer service in the industry. Delete the scoop?
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Content marketing is not just the job of the marketing department. Here's why companies should adopt a content marketing culture throughout the company.
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Content marketing runs deeper than the marketing department, or a series of well-honed processes. It's inextricably tied to the way you behave as a company i.e. your culture. Delete the scoop?
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Fast Company senior editor Jason Feifer on what you can learn and bring to your organization from the entrepreneur magazine’s picks for 2013’s Most Innovative Companies.
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Know when to innovate, and how to build upon the successful foundations of your earlier innovations. Delete the scoop?
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How we can help each other through.
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A good read, especially if you've been emotionally affected by the recent Boston bombings (and other traumatic world events that unfolded this month). #coping #workplacewellness Delete the scoop?
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LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and (insert your favorite social media platform here).
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Is social media a fad or phenomenon? If you've been sticking your head in the sand when it comes to strategically using social media as a business tool, this post's for you. And if you're already using social media but wonder if you're thinking about it the right way, read on too. Delete the scoop?
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The current state of affairs. Can you relate and do you agree? Delete the scoop?
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When organizations’ hire, develop, and promote leaders using a competency-based model, they’re unwittingly incubating failure.
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Leadership is more about the human element, and much less about your technical competency. Yet, many companies still promote & appoint leaders based on technical competency. Time to change the paradigm and talent selection process! Delete the scoop?
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Businesses will stick to the status quo whatever the disastrous consequences unless we build a credible sustainability vision (RT @sarah_holloway: Wonderful, personal, spot-on article about the pain of real transformation: Via David Hain
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This article makes the vital connection between a leader's ability to embrace uncertainty amidst accelerated change, and an organization's ability to prevail amidst the hard knocks of the modern marketplace. Delete the scoop?
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As a growing number of women advance to corporate leadership positions, Jim Heskett wonders, will they change the way we work? What do YOU think? Via Tania Kowritski, David Hain
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I have too many thoughts and opinions on this to list here! This is inspiring me to write a longer post about it all. 
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April 5, 3:12 AM
Yes - but so will men thinking differently. Both are part of the equation for change... Delete the scoop?
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The best ideas don't spring from individuals.
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If you're cautious about doing too much innovating too fast, try this method of 'test and grow' within your organization. Delete the scoop?
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Remember the epic battle at the end of Star Wars? Luke Skywalker is streaking down a trench on the surface of the Death Star, trying to sneak his proton torpedoes down an exhaust port. With his X
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Finally, an obvious connection between the Force, living/acting in the moment and how it is the vanquisher of fear and fountain of innovation. Great post @metacool! (Wish I'd written it first :) ) Delete the scoop?
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Part 1 of a series on neuroscience and innovation Humans are animals. We try to be different than other creatures. But we can’t help ourselves. We’re just glorified apes, even in business. Via Wise Leader™, AlGonzalezinfo
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Looking forward to the rest of this multi-part series! Logic and emotion MUST co-exist if your business is to succeed in the new global economy.
AlGonzalezinfo's curator insight,
March 27, 4:34 PM
Q: Why does human nature matter in business?
Janet: Business is best when the people providing goods and services feel passion and commitment to what they are producing and their customers feel they’ve received value. The operative word here is “feel.” When we use the term “rational” in business, we usually mean dispassionately data driven and informed by explicit measureable criteria. Delete the scoop?
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