N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Organizations can gain a competitive advantage by identifying and attracting these innovators, accelerating research and development efforts, and ultimately driving their businesses forward in an increasingly competitive landscape. And a passion for continuous learning is essential in a constantly evolving space.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 8, 2021

What’s more, if these employees are recognized for their efforts and encouraged to develop their skills then their innovative output rises yet further. “What this study reveals is that innovation is found not just by using technology specifically created to support idea-generation,” the researchers say.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Posted in Leadership Development [link] Accountability is closely tied to employee engagement. If we want employees to be sustainably engaged they must be able to experience themselves as the real, pulsating, thinking, idea-generating, responsibility-taking assets.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Oliver Wendell Holmes, a 19th-century American poet, made a great point when he said, “ The human mind once stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimension.” . Some ideas are game-changers—creating a whole industry, product line, or new production methods. But all change, whether big or small, starts with an idea. .

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Mike Cardus

APRIL 5, 2020

You have developed a quick form or documented process to capture what is working to increase and what is not working to decrease while the work of your team(s) is getting done. You, or your organization, have defined its 2 to 4 priorities to focus on during this time.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

Between my research and that experience, I’ve developed some insights into what makes a venture a success or a failure. People who prefer to use the information to come up with ideas (generators and conceptualizers) are on the right side of the vertical axis. The results are presented in a four-quadrant model.

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Lead from Within

JULY 4, 2023

Poor listening skills are one of the main causes of poor communication in leadership, and it can have negative impacts on teamwork, idea generation and trust. Most people believe they are good listeners, but the reality is that many of us struggle with effective listening.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Seventy-five percent believe that organizations can do more to develop future leaders. Idea Generation Tool – Create a way for employees to have the ability to submit ideas. They say that the biggest barriers to innovation are manager’s attitude, operational structure and procedures, and lack of diversity.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 2, 2023

Recent research from Bocconi University highlighted that we often develop the best ideas when we work with people we don’t know well, but then we develop those ideas most effectively with people we know well.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

John Cage once said, “ I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. This notion kind of struck me while I was watching a movie about Charles Darwin who had, and developed, one of the world’s biggest ideas, one that, even now, creates much spirited conversation. I’m frightened of the old ones”.

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Organization Idea Generation Diversity Environment 90

Kevin Eikenberry

JUNE 10, 2012

Sort of – there are 365 short snippets of encouragement, admonishment, support and idea generation. This is a book that defies categorization. Is it a book of tweets? Is it a devotional? Kinda – you could read one snippet each day as a part of your reflection and learning. It is a picture book? Yes [.].

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Research from the University of Illinois portrayed interruptions in a slightly more positive light, as when we’re interrupted, we also get to interact with the person doing the interrupting, which helps us to develop crucial social ties.

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Mike Cardus

JULY 2, 2013

Corporate Team Building Creativity Innovation Leadership Leadership Coaching Management Organization Development Problem Solving Solution-Focused bad manager coaching executive coaching idea generation Managerial Leadership' michael cardus is create-learning.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 29, 2019

If you’re not too proud to admit defeat and seek inspiration and ideas from elsewhere, you might find that crowdsourcing is a breakthrough concept that can help you to break new ground and potentially disrupt a market. A cash sum was offered as an incentive. Retain a firm handle on your overheads.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Here are four techniques that will help open the lines of communication with team members, and across your organization, to encourage valuable idea generation and information sharing: 1. At best, this approach can be confusing, leaving your employee focused only on the positives and missing the areas to be developed altogether.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 5, 2013

You contribute by organizing the new projects and developing efficient systems that ensure the work or product is completed with precision and accuracy. Bottom line; the more an organization incorporates both types of innovators - idea generation and idea implementation - the better the solutions.

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CO2

APRIL 8, 2013

Build a stage-gate process for ideas to be introduced and developed. The goal here is to slow down the implementation process, so that new ideas don’t undermine current, effective practices. If annual meetings slow the Idea Machine too much, consider having quarterly retreats. Idea Generation Trap.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

For instance, research from Bocconi University suggests that the best way to be creative and innovative is to create ideas in the company of strangers and then develop those ideas with people you know well.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JUNE 17, 2013

Yet, in spite of the fact that being forward-looking is the quality that most separates leaders from individual contributors, it’s something that too few fully appreciate, and too many devote almost no time to developing. And how does a new leader develop the capacity to be forward-looking?

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

L EADERSHIP development is a lifelong process. From idea generation to team building to knowing when it's time to let go, That Will Never Work is not only the ultimate follow-your-dreams parable, but also one of the most dramatic and insightful entrepreneurial stories of our time. Blog Post ). What even is success?

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Therefore, collaboration involving lots of idea generation from multiple sources does not work for many projects. Develop all employees to be self leaders. A few people working together on critical issues that have the skills needed and ability to work quickly is far more effective. Nurture safety and trust. Talk openly.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 19, 2016

At 3M, they have an Entrepreneurial Policy which allows employees to spend up to 15 percent of their time at work developing their own creative ideas for the betterment of the company and the creation of new products or services. Actions You Can Take to Develop Creativity Among Your Team.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 24, 2012

John Cage once said, “ I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. This notion kind of struck me while I was watching a movie about Charles Darwin who had, and developed, one of the world’s biggest ideas, one that, even now, creates much spirited conversation. I’m frightened of the old ones”.

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Organization Idea Generation Diversity Environment 77

Management Excellence

MARCH 9, 2011

This Management Excellence Toolkit Series will help you recognize the challenges and pitfalls of individual and group decision-making and offer ideas on improving performance for you and your co-workers.

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Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Sharing the spotlight with Scott Stratten ; Robin Wilson ; and Me …talking, sharing, engaging and learning about ideas, marketing, and making businesses, brands and you better. Below is the power point of my talk; When Ideas Have Sex, What Do The Babies Look Like? Give Ideas P.R.O.PS…A

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Coaching Tip

JULY 3, 2013

With knowledge workers , you can’t develop and maintain an exceptional, consistently high-performing team without focusing first on what drives the team’s behaviors and actions at the root level,” says Ann Herrmann-Nehdi, CEO of Herrmann International. How do they contribute to desired outcomes, and where are there gaps in our thinking? •

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Interestingly however, pairings of introverts and open individuals seemed to perform worst of all, with the ideas generated by these pairs rated 25% lower on average. Nonetheless, if you want to develop good ideas from such small teams, it may pay you to consider the personalities of those you put together.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

APRIL 27, 2014

6%: Managers develop people’s capabilities by coaching them to become better at what they do. That means our experiences around leadership, control, problem solving, idea-generation, diversity etc. What opportunities might I provide now that will help my children develop 21st Century leadership skill? Why is it important?

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Leadership Sample Idea Generation Diversity 75

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

workforce — and companies will increasingly grapple with how to accelerate the development of those individuals for leadership positions. The study examined the management and development preferences of America’s young and rising corporate leaders.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

OCTOBER 20, 2012

6% : Managers develop people’s capabilities by coaching them to become better at what they do. That means our experiences around leadership, control, problem solving, idea-generation, diversity etc. What opportunities might I provide now that will help my children develop 21 st Century leadership skill?

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Leadership Sample Idea Generation Diversity 76

Mike Cardus

JANUARY 11, 2011

When I left my old employer the portable path came with me, and has served an my calming, thought provoking, idea generation, slowing down – best practice. 45 minutes of walking on the rocks, drinking water, and listing ideas on the chalk board…the process is mapped out and now I have the ideas and table of contents developed.

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Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

image by by je@n Related posts: Stop Marketing & Start Sharing: Social Media Workshop When Ideas Have Sex, What do the babies look like? UnBook tour Tickets are available here. Social Marketing for Team Building.

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Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Other successful companies build upon social interaction to develop innovative concepts leading to disruptive product and service developments. In truth, success depends on two factors-what a person knows, his or her human capital, and the network of relationships he or she has developed, the person''s social capital.".

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Change Starts Here

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

For ABC Corp, the initiative will focus mainly on the new product development process, especially the idea generation phase. The current steps for vetting ideas will gain new criteria for selecting ideas that will be developed. Either way, you are changing how work gets done in the organization.

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Wilde Idea Generation Morale Process 95

Your Voice of Encouragement

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

And so he described the process of writing and idea generation as having two stages: ACTION and REFLECTION. Online Learning System Do the Work Take Action Reflection Steven Pressfield Personal Development' Act, reflect. Act, reflect. NEVER act and reflect at the same time. In writing, ‘action’ means putting words on paper.

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Building Personal Strength

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

These apply to all employees, whether managers or their direct reports: communicate effectively in writing, defuse negative emotions, express feelings constructively, handle customer phone calls, interpret nonverbal behavior, listen to understand, facilitate dialogue, present a persuasive argument, request feedback, accept feedback, give positive feedback, (..)

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Organizations need to have dozens, maybe hundreds, of individual experts, fully capable of idea generation and innovative thought. In turn, these experts must be encouraged to drill down deep in their own specializations, develop plans and strategies, and share them with the rest of the organization.

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