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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

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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NOVEMBER 29, 0002

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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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

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.

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MAY 18, 2012

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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JANUARY 19, 2021

Asking the question immediately shifts the energy and attention from all the things that are going wrong and sparks the optimism that can lead to innovative approaches to leveraging existing strengths and solving problems.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

That’s not just true for influencing your boss or managing up; it’s also true for your peers and team members. If she wasn’t involved or at least aware early on, she didn’t buy what we were selling. Involvement is a key component of influence.

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OCTOBER 6, 2010

In a truly innovative move, the new management team rewrote the employee handbook giving the green light to profanity and dirty jokes “because a loose, fun, nonlinear atmosphere is important to the creative process. The example from the Trib is extreme in that it’s rare for management to codify bad behavior as official company policy. 

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