Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 4, 2017

And, inviting outside people is often a good idea even with large staffs.) You need the right people – people who will voice their own opinions, but will also be positive-minded, cooperative and supportive of other people’s thoughts. You need plenty of time, because ideas often come slowly.

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Cooper Idea Generation Process Positioning 35

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2017

It would therefore make sense for organizations to increase diversity in teams that are focused on exploration or idea generation, and use more-homogeneous teams to curate and implement those ideas. Good leadership helps. This is hardly surprising: leadership is a fundamental resource for groups and organizations.

Diversity 9

Diversity Creativity Analysis Consensus 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

workforce — and companies will increasingly grapple with how to accelerate the development of those individuals for leadership positions. They convened the program’s top 75 performers — many still fresh out of business school — for a three-day stint of idea generation and problem solving.

Development 9

Development Participative Conference Innovation 9

Building Personal Strength

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

One key area of leadership skill involves coaching. Another problem that makes people skills hard to acquire is that the learning isn’t well supported by books, videos and courses. I’ve read dozens of books on people skills, and the best of these focus on only a handful of key skills.

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Skills Construction Goleman Emotional Intelligence 104