Lead Change Blog

MARCH 20, 2015

I have had the privilege of building innovative social service programs for at-risk children and families. Initiated at a brainstorming session with four of my colleagues, COI began implementing services in Miami-Dade County, Florida in 2007 with a collaborative team of eight community, faith, and professional organizations.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Along these same lines, if someone presents you with a problem, begin brainstorming solutions and notice how the conversation flows. Pay attention to changes in body language, the energy level, and the tone and direction of the conversation. Inspires the most innovative solutions? Notice the dynamics of these conversations.

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Dan McCarthy posted a collection of top blog posts on leadership that included a post I wrote. Wally Bock presents The Joy of Helping posted at Three Star Leadership , saying “The best bosses revel in helping others succeed” Mark Stelzner presents Two Easy (And Legal) Ways to Gather Competitive Intel posted at Inflexion Point.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

Welcome to the November 6, 2011 edition of leadership development carnival! Wally Bock presents The Joy of Helping posted at Three Star Leadership , saying "The best bosses revel in helping others succeed". posted at Get Your Leadership BIG On! The fried clams won. I've had readers ask "Why so many? posted at TanveerNaseer.com.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 13, 2020

If I were to come alongside of your church, (and I’m certainly happy to do that through my coaching ministry), I would help your staff or leadership think through each of these in a brainstorming session. This crisis has reminded me that innovation can occur in any size church. You can certainly do this on your own.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

One way we have addressed this is to periodically schedule times where the only agenda is brainstorming – dreaming – answering the question “what’s next?” If team members are overworked or in need of a break their energy level will slow. Plus, check out the other Lifeway Leadership Podcasts.

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Guest Post By: Sheri Staak, Innovative Business Leader at Staak Report (learn more about Sheri at the end of this post). Channel the Negative Energy. Find out her strategies for dealing with negativity, brainstorm solutions, and model your behaviors after her positive approaches. Not all negativity is bad. Align with a Mentor.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 29, 2015

This post recently appeared on Smartblog on Leadership : To start off the New Year, a lot of leaders will take their teams “off-site” for a day or more. This is an opportunity to take the time needed to strategize, brainstorm, debate, reflect, and learn. Examples of themes are innovation, change, diversity, or playing to win.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 9, 2018

It’s worth your time and energy to find ways that help build a collaborative environment. Leadership has to step up and take the initiative if you want to experience real change. Include them in meetings and hold brainstorming sessions to get their input on important initiatives. Innovate Mundane Tasks.

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 6, 2019

We are beginning to experience some momentum again with Leadership Network. Here are 3 ways momentum is fueled: Innovation – I’m using this term to highlight improving what is currently existing. Brainstorming. It creates immediate energy. Change the people in leadership. So how do we stir momentum?

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Leading Blog

MAY 6, 2024

Embarking on your own AI journey While your goal is to be innovative, relevant, competitive, and forward-looking, your approach should be to bend but not break your team and your operations. I learned this principle when helping clients brainstorm how best to leverage AI within their operations. Just think about possibilities.

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Leading with Trust

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Well, nearly everyone agrees trust is a critically important factor in leadership success. But how about a personal leadership mission statement? I used to think a personal mission statement was a bunch of warm, fuzzy, namby-pamby leadership nonsense. Trust in your mission translates into others trusting your leadership.

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Network, brainstorm and empower others in their business pursuits. This can reduce energy costs by up to 50%. In conclusion, due to challenging times, it is important to learn to think outside of the box for innovative ways to grow your business. For instance, you can: •Make connections and grow your business. Go Green Business.

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 20, 2013

Here are 3 ways momentum is fueled: Innovation – I’m using this term to highlight improving existing. Brainstorming. New creates immediate energy. Even new people in leadership. Which, by the way, requires more innovation, more creativity or more change. That’s why it requires leadership.

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Leading with Trust

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Sadly enough, it only took us about 3 minutes to brainstorm the following list. If any of these describe your leadership style, you might want to take a look in the mirror and examine the face that’s peering back at you…you might have bolts growing out the sides of your neck. It’s rude and disrespectful to your team to act that way.

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 2, 2013

Do a church wide/or leadership wide half day brainstorming session, depending on the size of your church. In my experience, you will produce some key thoughts from an exercise like this which will spur momentum, in addition to creating renewed energy among these key leaders. Church Innovation'

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LDRLB

MAY 13, 2014

It talks about the 4 underlying key leadership styles and visionary, operator, processer, synergists that determine which stage an organization settles into. What I’ve discovered is again and again, is it’s actually the underlying leadership style inherent in the business that has the biggest impact.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 31, 2018

One way teams I lead have addressed this is to periodically schedule times where the only agenda is brainstorming – dreaming – answering the question “what’s next?” If team members are overworked or in need of a break their energy level will slow. This is true for team members and the leader.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 26, 2015

One way we address this is to periodically schedule times where the only agenda is brainstorming – dreaming – answering the question “what’s next?” If team members are overworked or in need of a break their energy level will slow. This has to be encouraged and allowed in the structure.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2013

Jamming has become a popular way to unearth innovations — bringing together people of many different backgrounds to creatively brainstorm around a company's competitive challenges, expressed as "problem statements." If your company is one, you may be interested in our experience at the European Center for Strategic Innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2017

Too many leaders try to demand creativity on the spot: They offer cash rewards for new ideas, sequester teams in endless brainstorming sessions, and encourage competitive hierarchies that reward some people for out-innovating others. Brainswarming: Because Brainstorming Doesn't Work. Related Video. You and Your Team Series.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

These ideas are the seeds of innovation : the intellectual foundation for any new products and services that enable some organizations to gain a competitive advantage over others. This mismanagement of innovation is further exacerbated by the fact that managing creatives tend to require special attention and consideration.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

The most painfully awkward debates I hear in ostensibly innovative organizations revolve around "crazy ideas." Defining those crazy zones is one of the most difficult but more important cultural decisions innovation leadership teams can make. When unexpected challenges arise, what ideas are acceptably crazy?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2011

Motivating people to try something new, or to get on with innovation, is tough when the rules of the game are up in the air. It's good leadership to overcome reluctance to say "I don't know," and instead to engage people in discussion about the situation, letting them know when they'll know. Seeds of innovation could sprout.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 28, 2024

In addition to the normal celebration of Jesus’ resurrection, I love the energy that Easter brings to a church. This energy, if channeled correctly, can fuel a church beyond one weekend per year. This should be one of the best brainstorming sessions you do all year. (If Plus, check out the other Lifeway Leadership Podcasts.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

Step 3: As disruptive innovators, from Albert Einstein to Jack Dorsey, put it, "Question everything!" Don''t give preambles to the questions and don''t devote any time or energy to answering them. Catalytic Questioning ensures this essential leadership skill improves over time to unlock even better, more creative solutions.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Think beyond the obvious connections to come up with something truly innovative. Other mindless activities are great for brainstorming too. Take two ideas and put them together to make one new idea. After all, what is a Snuggie but the mutation of a blanket and a robe? Get physical. And the warm water is relaxing.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2016

A new study on Misunderstood Millennial Talent: The Other 91 Percent by the Center for Talent Innovation shatters the stereotype that all Millennials are entitled whiners just waiting to jump ship. In short, a human resources nightmare , right? Far fewer Millennials are a flight risk than you think, and the reason is stunningly simple: money.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2013

Over a short two or three day period the team will brainstorm around the problem involved and bring together as much data and as many analytical frameworks as they can to both frame up the problem and outline potential solutions or at least pathways to solutions. All this came from just three days of group brainstorming. Innovation'

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 4, 2022

In addition to the normal celebration of Jesus’ resurrection, I love the energy that Easter brings to a church. This energy, if channeled correctly, can fuel a church beyond one weekend per year. This should be one of the best brainstorming sessions you do all year. (If Plus, check out the other Lifeway Leadership Podcasts.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

When Deborah DiSanzo took over as CEO of Philips Healthcare in May 2012, she knew that engineering would continue to drive innovation. We are always on the agenda of the executive team and are a significant part of the leadership meetings,” says Bert van Meurs, CMO of Philips Healthcare Imaging Systems. Leadership Marketing'

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 5, 2016

They add energy. Brainstorming can be loads of fun and beneficial with a room full of creatives. (We These quandaries of creatives can actually produce the challenge in leadership – the quandary of leading creatives. And, the main reason I love creatives being on the team is they bring new ideas. They stretch others.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

One thing I’ve noticed is the number of pastors who enter revitalization thinking the church just needs new leadership. Innovation is required. These usually zap energy from other things.). This is where you get the best minds in the room and brainstorm. Or better sermons. Or it needs them.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 17, 2017

In addition to the normal celebration of Jesus’ resurrection, I love the energy that Easter brings to a church. This energy, if channeled correctly, can fuel a church beyond one weekend per year. This should be one of the best brainstorming sessions you do all year. (If

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

They stretch others, add energy and challenge mediocrity. Brainstorming can be loads of fun and beneficial with a room full of creatives. (We I’ve never met a day I didn’t have a new idea. My mind wanders quickly — randomly — often. The main reason I love creatives being on the team is they bring new ideas.

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 11, 2015

One thing I’ve noticed is the number of pastors who enter revitalization thinking the church just needs new leadership. These usually zap energy from other things.). This is where you get the best minds in the room and brainstorm. As one who has planted a coupLe churches, I know the challenges are unique.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

Inevitably, not all of the final pitches were winners but, to Facebook, the potential for uncovering groundbreaking innovations is worth pulling a couple hundred engineers away from their everyday tasks. It can be as simple as challenging teams to brainstorm uses for an oddly shaped object. Hackathons are no longer just for coders.

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