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Diverging…to a Point

Lead Change Blog

Her strengths in generating alternatives and seeing the big picture allow her to be at the forefront of innovation and engagement year after year. However, when Alaina diverges from the goal once a project has been put into motion, her team finds it frustrating to change course. © 2016 Kay Peterson and David A.

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Five ways to create a culture of innovation

Strategy Driven

Does your business have a culture in which innovation thrives? Building a culture of innovation is hard work. However, the scientific research into how to create a culture where innovation thrives is both plentiful and precise. Following are five of the most impactful drivers of an innovation culture.

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Post-Industrial Communities Fare Badly On Sustainability

The Horizons Tracker

It can drive down energy and water costs for residents and local government; it can help communities attract state and federal funding for infrastructure projects. The researchers gathered employment data from each of the 320 counties covering the period from 1969 to 2016.

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How Anti-Immigrant Sentiment Affects Crowdfunding

The Horizons Tracker

This coincided with a rise in the difficulty minority entrepreneurs faced in meeting their fundraising goals. percent less likely to achieve their fundraising goals on Kickstarter. The authors suggest this might be because the algorithms tend to favor projects that have momentum so it becomes a form of the Matthew Effect in reverse.

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Minimalism: Doing More, with Less

In the CEO Afterlife

Released in 2016, this documentary directed by Matt D’Avella captures the lives of Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus. One woman spoke about Project 333, a goal to live three months with only 33 articles of clothing and accessories to her name. Others live in minimalist homes about the size of a typical bedroom.

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Soft Skills Are Vital If Low Skilled Workers Are To Thrive

The Horizons Tracker

Innovation is broadly portrayed as a positive thing, but the very act of disruption can often create as many losers as winners, especially in the immediate aftermath of the disruption where the winners gain a larger share of the pie, and the losers see dwindling returns. An innovation premium. When the researchers assessed the U.K.

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Creating Intentional Impact That Brings People With You

Tanveer Naseer

We’re well into 2016 now. Recaps, core lessons, results, learning, and themes of 2015 have likely been captured; solutions, goals, intentions, planning, and strategy for 2016 is likely in action… Now what? What do you want to have happen as a result of this meeting, conversation, or project? columnist Anese Cavanaugh.