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Fueling Innovation: How Microsoft Finally Got It Right

Leading Blog

W E OFTEN THINK of innovation as something visionaries draw out of thin air, like manna from heaven. Here’s an innovation story that’s closer to reality: It’s a story of loss, grit, and renewal. It’s also about a never-too-late approach to innovation that enabled a floundering business to launch a second golden age.

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Leaders, Want To Master Innovation? Then Get Funny!

Tanveer Naseer

So to get the most out of innovation processes such as design thinking, truly creative leaders also need to master the social dynamics of… [wait for the punchline}…humor! We have witnessed that skilled leaders, those we call “Stand-Up Strategists”, understand the utility of humor to boost innovation.

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What Matters Now

Leading Blog

The book is divided into five fundamental, make-or-break issues that will determine whether your organization thrives or dives in the years ahead: values, innovation, adaptability, passion and ideology. Innovation Matters Now. Here are some of his thoughts that become more powerful as they sink in: Values Matter Now.

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Worker Buy-In Is Crucial When Experimenting On Virtual Workers

The Horizons Tracker

Running wild This seemed to embolden the company, which then began to significantly increase the number of experiments they were running so that they both covered a wider range of features on the platform and also had no clearly defined endpoint.

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Why Amplifying Colleagues’ Voices At Work Benefits Us All

The Horizons Tracker

Working in the wild. The team then worked with a nonprofit organization that reported that morale was low in their team and that various people thought they weren’t being heard.

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The Four Layers of Change

Change Starts Here

Whether the outcome is earnings, customer service, efficiency, effectiveness, or morale, any organizational change has a needle it is expected to move. ABC Corp has a vision to become a more innovative company. The outcome of a key change initiative is to add more innovative products to its portfolio.

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100 Answers to the Question: What Is Leadership?

Lead from Within

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” It is a complex moral relationship between people, based on trust, obligation, commitment, emotion, and a shared vision of the good.” “The most important thing about a commander is his effect on morale.” ” –Peter F.