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Fueling Innovation: How Microsoft Finally Got It Right

Leading Blog

W E OFTEN THINK of innovation as something visionaries draw out of thin air, like manna from heaven. Here’s an innovation story that’s closer to reality: It’s a story of loss, grit, and renewal. It’s also about a never-too-late approach to innovation that enabled a floundering business to launch a second golden age.

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Leaders, Want To Master Innovation? Then Get Funny!

Tanveer Naseer

Discoveries in this field have demonstrated that humor, laughter and fun releases physical and cognitive tension, which can lead to perceptual flexibility—a required component of creativity, ideation, and problem solving. When it comes to boosting innovation the overwhelming focus should be on styles of humour that generate positive emotions.

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LeadershipNow 140: May 2014 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from May 2014 that you might have missed: Are You Leading with Value in Mind? Everything we do today is being re-invented @stevedenning explores challenges of creative economy. 3 Ways to Innovate in a Stagnant Environment with @RosabethKanter HBS. by @monedays. Noonan: Bring Back the Girls—Quietly.

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Are Bosses With Integrity Less Innovative?

The Horizons Tracker

This is underlined by recent research from Kennesaw State University, which shows that bosses with high integrity are less likely to be creative as they tend to adopt a more risk-averse approach. This could include offering more incentive-based compensation and implementing processes and structures to encourage innovation.

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LeadershipNow 140: November 2014 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from November 2014 that you might have missed: FT: Overworked and uninspired - the misery of the middle manager. From @WallyBock Learning about innovation from Mr. Edison and his phonograph. Creativity: Capturing your ideas by @wallybock. Lincoln Thanksgiving Proclamation by @JamesStrock.

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Live Leadership Notes From Craig Groeschel At Catalyst 2014

Joseph Lalonde

How do we create a culture of innovation? At one point in church history, the church was the innovators. Now, the church has lost it’s innovation. We’ve delegated and handed off creativity to other businesses. We’ve delegated and handed off creativity to other businesses. God is creative.

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Innovation Thrives Despite Piracy

The Horizons Tracker

After all, when people could get your core offering for free, not only would that harm your income but it would discourage the industry from producing content and stifle innovation. Research from the University of Southern California explains why piracy wasn’t the death knell of innovation so many feared. Thriving creativity.