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How to Create a Permission Structure for Innovation

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Most of the organizations I’m talking to and observing during the pandemic recognize the need to up their levels of innovation and agility. It’s a lot of things, actually, but one of the big ones is whether or not the organization has created a permission structure for innovation. What’s the difference between the two groups?

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David Bowie’s Innovation Lessons for Leaders

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Last week, I shared some of my thoughts on Bowie’s innovative career and life on the Huffington Post. While few of us possess the raw talent of a David Bowie, there are lessons about the practice and application of innovation that all leaders can learn from him. Here are four lessons about innovation from David Bowie.

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3 Lessons in Leading Innovation From DARPA’s Regina Dugan

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Last week, I had the opportunity to hear the director of DARPA, Regina Dugan, speak at a panel on leading innovation during a conference called American Competitiveness: What Works organized by General Electric and co-sponsored by Washington Post Live. They’re the people who brought you things.

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Some ?What If?? Questions You Should Be Asking Right Now

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Innovation – The late, great Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen was famous for coming up with and exploring the idea of disruptive innovation – the impact a small upstart company can have on an industry when it disrupts the competitive landscape by doing something radically new that works.

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The Week in Tweets

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This week, I’m highlighting tweets and links on innovation, managing younger workers, and improving your listening skills, among others. Every week, I share a recap of some of the best things I’ve seen on Twitter. Click headline to continue.

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Why Leaders Need a Lesson Plan

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For a lot of companies, productivity actually increased during the pandemic.

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Don’t Let Your Deficiency Overwhelm Your Proficiency

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At the same time, even though she’s only been there a few months, she’s already making a major impact in raising the bar for her team, prompting them to think and act in new ways and bringing a fresh energy to an organization that has been set in its ways and needs to innovate.