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What do Blue Lobsters Have to do With Innovation? Everything!

Mills Scofield

It is incumbent upon us, whether we’re a blue lobster or not, to find, nurture and develop blue lobsters. Because the key to innovation isn’t processes, stage gates, weird exercises, or competitions. The key to innovation has been and always will be People. Blue Lobsters are just plain innovative. Blue Lobsters.

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What do Blue Lobsters Have to do With Innovation? Everything!

Mills Scofield

It is incumbent upon us, whether we’re a blue lobster or not, to find, nurture and develop blue lobsters. Because the key to innovation isn’t processes, stage gates, weird exercises, or competitions. The key to innovation has been and always will be People. Blue Lobsters are just plain innovative. Blue Lobsters.

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The Importance Of Place For Entrepreneurship

The Horizons Tracker

It’s widely accepted that entrepreneurship is vital for economic vitality both in terms of the new innovations that come to market and the jobs that are created. Location plays such a fundamental role because so much of our social capital is location specific. Social capital. Supporting ambitions.

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How to Compete Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders

Skip Prichard

Innovation Capital. And one of the most overlooked reasons for entrepreneurial failure is innovation capital. That’s why I enjoyed talking with Jeff Dyer who, along with Nathan Furr and Curtis Lefrandt, wrote a new book, Innovation Capital: How to Compete and Win Like the World’s Innovative Leaders.

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Wraparound Support Is Key To Ensuring An Equitable And Fair Future Of Work

The Horizons Tracker

It was a time in which there was a lot of innovation around new educational opportunities, but early evidence showed that most consumers of these opportunities were those already well placed to cope with the changes being seen across society. Social capital.

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Teaching The Skills Entrepreneurs Need To Scale Their Business

The Horizons Tracker

A new paper from INSEAD documents a trial undertaken to test a new training program for entrepreneurs that aims to help improve their competencies in areas such as networking, human capital management and business model innovation. Skills for scaling.

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Leading for Innovation: Why Fighting Fires Burns Down the House

LDRLB

This one little question lies at the intersection of two big fields – leadership and innovation. Whereas innovation used to be all about research & development, technology, and product or service innovation, what’s required for innovation today goes far beyond the traditional nuts and bolts.