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Breakthrough Innovations Tend To Have Science Behind Them

The Horizons Tracker

It’s well established that the majority of innovation today is what’s known as recombinative, which means that it takes what works well in one domain and applies it somewhere else. This can be highly effective, but it does lend towards more iterative than transformative innovations. Science-led innovation.

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Executives Tip More When Their Companies Do Well

The Horizons Tracker

Research from Binghamton University shows that this extends to tipping, with executives more likely to tip more when their company’s shares do well. “Employee spending is a big factor that governments consider when trying to attract companies into their area, as it can stimulate the local economy,” the researcher explains.

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Leadership, Employee Engagement and Innovation at BIF-6 Summit

Michael Lee Stallard

After taking a couple days to mull it over I’ve decided to select a few presentations that will be most relevant to the themes I typically write and speak about i.e. leadership, connection, employee engagement, productivity and innovation. Below are brief descriptions of several presentations from the conference.

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Influencing Creativity and Innovation

Persuasive Powerhouse

So what is your role in influencing creativity and innovation in others? We know it isn’t enough to simply add creativity to a list of values your organization espouses or to bring in consultants who get staff keyed up about innovating. Innovative ideas tend to require more risk than “more of the same”.

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BIF-6: Stunning Sights, Interesting People, Innovative Ideas

Michael Lee Stallard

Michael Lee Stallard Insights on Leadership and Employee Engagement Home About Hire to Speak Press Kit BIF-6: Stunning Sights, Interesting People, Innovative Ideas Published by Michael Lee Stallard on September 15, 2010 06:16 pm under connection culture Life is good! why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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Hay Group's 2010 Best Companies for Leadership

Leading Blog

Hay Group, a global management consulting firm, released its 2010 Best Companies for Leadership Study and Top 20 list. The study ranks the best companies for leadership around the globe and examines how those companies develop current and future leaders. Related Interest: 2009 Report: What Organizations Value in Leaders.

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Five Strategies for Nonprofit Innovation

LDRLB

Dependence limits innovative thinking. And earlier this year, New York’s Mayor Bloomberg doled out awards specifically recognizing the city’s most innovative nonprofits. But here’s the challenge: most nonprofit innovations come from socially minded start-ups that invented themselves from scratch. Most of the 1.5 million do?