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How to Inspire Better Team Innovation: Cultivating an Idea Garden

Let's Grow Leaders

Inspire team innovation with an idea garden, saving great ideas for future growth. Hi Karin, “I attended your Courageous Cultures, how to Read Courageous Cultures with your team book club, and we loved it. We are using the book and we’re reading it. How do I respond and SAVE THE IDEAS for later?

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Leadership Book Club: How to Read Courageous Cultures With Your Team

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Practical ways to engage your team (or leadership book club) as you read Courageous Cultures together. One of the real joys of being authors is hearing from leadership book clubs and teams who are reading our books together. And, you don’t get better at leadership or building culture just by reading a book.

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Workplace Culture: How to Leverage Innovation No AI Bot Can Replace

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The Power of Workplace Culture in an AI Universe: A virtual conversation about Empathy and Innovation Note: This article on Workplace Culture is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of our book, Courageous Culture: How to Build Teams of Micro-Innovators, Problem Solvers, and Customer Advocates. What ticks off your customers?

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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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First Look: Leadership Books for April 2024

Leading Blog

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in April 2024 curated just for you. Every day, tens of thousands of Google employees, from executives to interns, rely on Laura Mae Martin’s tips and best practices for how to make the most of their time.

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Beyond Disruption: Innovation Doesn’t Have to Be Disruptive

Leading Blog

D ISRUPTION has become synonymous with innovation. It is the dominant view of how growth is created. In contrast, nondisruptive innovation is “achieved without disrupting a preexisting market and its associated companies and jobs.” Focused on disruption, we miss opportunities for nondisruptive innovation.

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Overloaded at Work: How to Ask For the Support You Need

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And curiosity about how to approach your work differently. With the finish line in sight, you can innovate without fear, tossing out time-saving hacks like confetti. The Help-Seeker’s Script: How to Holler for a Helping Hand And, here are a few powerful phrases to help get past that feeling of overload by asking for help.

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