Ron Edmondson

APRIL 6, 2023

We have to keep up in terms of progress and innovation, but we can’t do it at the expense of good people. The environment, in which the team operates, is more important than it ever has been in my leadership. In creating healthy environments we often leave accountability behind, but it’s actually more important – not less.

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Team Insurance Edmondson Learning-by-Doing 55

Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Of course, there were some great books such as those by Morton Hansen, Amy Edmondson, and Ron Ricci. Gathering information and different perspectives may actually inhibit innovation. I started my research into collaborative organizational cultures about five years ago. There was little written about it. Nurture safety and trust.

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Brainstorming Open-book Project Idea Generation 150

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

One of the most common questions I get asked by senior managers is “How can we find more innovative people?” Yet in researching my book, Mapping Innovation , I found that most great innovators were nothing like the mercurial stereotype. The biggest misconception about innovation is that it’s about ideas.

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Innovation Team Diversity Creativity 14

Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

We have to keep up in terms of progress and innovation, but we can’t do it at the expense of good people. The environment, in which the team operates, is more important than it ever has been in my leadership. In creating healthy environments we often leave accountability behind, but it’s actually more important – not less.

Team 54

Team Insurance Environment Resources 54

Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

According to the caption, Mark was “Discussing the challenges of providing a safer environment and better role models for Chicago school children with the Mayor” I love it! Banks don’t operate like that anymore. The post To Be A Kingdom Building Pastor Today — You MUST… appeared first on Ron Edmondson.

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Banking Influence Edmondson Operations 79

Ron Edmondson

MARCH 24, 2015

No matter how much we talk about wanting teams to thrive in our churches, they won’t if teams don’t have the organizational environment that offers fertile soil for teams to thrive in. Leaders set crystal-clear mission, goals and priorities that guide team efforts and establish clear operating principles.

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Ryan Team Discount Learning-by-Doing 30

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

” Members from each partner organization rate the alliance in areas related to strategic fit, operational fit, and cultural fit. Heat degrades the substrate of innovation, while light catalyzes it.” Lilly’s research shows these same effects can happen between members of alliance innovation teams.

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