Top 100 Innovation Articles of 2019
Innovation Excellence
JANUARY 6, 2020
Building upon the success of Braden Kelley’s Blogging Innovation, we launched Innovation Excellence on August 1, 2011 and so 2019 was our eighth full year of operations.
LeadershipNow 140: March 2011 Compilation
Leading Blog
MARCH 31, 2011
Here are a selection of tweets from March 2011: To lead by example is difficult when you're a follower of fear. - Forbes: Porter or Mintzberg – Whose View of Strategy is the most Relevant Today? Jack Myers Curated List of Recommended TED Talks from TED 2011. Stanford GSB: Why Failure Drives Innovation. A Changed C.E.O.
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The Essence of Strategy | In the CEO Afterlife
In the CEO Afterlife
OCTOBER 23, 2011
The Essence of Strategy (Part 1). by John • October 23, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. I’ve always loved strategy. They either believe that strategy is a deterrent to opportunity or they’ve never experienced the strategic disciplines of a prudent mentor.
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The Essence of Strategy (Part 2) | In the CEO Afterlife
In the CEO Afterlife
OCTOBER 30, 2011
The Essence of Strategy (Part 2). by John • October 30, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. And yet, specificity and focus is the key to great strategy. In a strategy seminar I asked the leadership team to tell me what business they were in. In the CEO Afterlife.
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LeadershipNow 140: February 2011 Compilation
Leading Blog
FEBRUARY 28, 2011
Here are a selection of tweets from February 2011: @Bill_George: I discussed Apple's Jobs succession plan on @bloomberg yesterday, today the Atlantic continues debate. Tactics Are the New Strategy in @incmagazine. mitsmr: Two Striking Discoveries from MIT Sloan Management Review’s new Sustainability & Innovation Study.
Small Business Resolutions for 2011
Coaching Tip
JANUARY 4, 2011
by Alexander Hiam, author of Business Innovations for Dummies. The key to improved results is innovative actions that, while they stick within the limits of your budget, also take you in exciting new directions. Here are some resolutions to help small or mid-sized businesses innovate in 2011. . Be proactive in 2011. .
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The Rise Of Deglobalization
The Horizons Tracker
AUGUST 30, 2023
The rise of deglobalization and the resulting uncertainty in the global business landscape has prompted technology-based industries to reevaluate their overarching strategies. Furthermore, it identifies opportunities for interactions between these strategies and how the company of the future can be organized.
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Tough-Minded Ways to Innovate | In the CEO Afterlife
In the CEO Afterlife
MAY 16, 2011
Tough-Minded Ways to Innovate. by John • May 16, 2011 • Leadership , Strategy • 3 Comments. Articles on strategy and culture were my favorites, many of which I scribed in pencil on a piece of paper that my secretary typed for posterity – oh my, that sounds archaic. They’re hardheaded about Strategy.
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November 2011 Edition - Strategy Execution Newsletter - On Managing Processes
Six Disciplines
NOVEMBER 1, 2011
Welcome to the November issue of the Strategy Execution Newsletter from Six Disciplines. With each successive pass, the master process helps your workforce learn how to build stronger strategies, plan better, communicate more clearly, and work more effectively together. Business Process Management articles (BPM Institute) (Oct 2011).
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The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week - A Look Ahead at 2011
Sales Wolf Blog
JANUARY 10, 2011
Today I would like to shift gears and take a look ahead at what the HR, talent management, and leadership development blogging community sees in store for us in 2011. Below is a great collection of posts containing predictions, resolutions, trends, and thoughts for 2011. Enjoy! . Enjoy!
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New Study IDs Best Companies for Leadership?, Innovation
Great Leadership By Dan
MAY 8, 2012
I don't remember seeing innovation highlighted in previous results - were those new questions? Susan : Yes, there was a new set of questions added this year around the theme of innovation, based on what we're hearing and seeing about it's importance. The Top 20 connect leadership development with the business strategy.
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Innovation High-Five
Mills Scofield
JANUARY 6, 2013
This is a guest post by Tim Kippley , Geneca Vice President, Account Strategy and Growth. By Tim Kippley: Jeff Bezos, one of the planet’s greatest innovators, once said that: “You need a culture that high-fives small and innovative ideas and senior executives [that] encourage ideas.” So far, so good.
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Twitter Weekly Highlights for 2011-07-01
Tanveer Naseer
JULY 1, 2011
7 Steps to a Culture of Innovation via @ IncMagazine [link] # innovation #leadership # Thanks Michael! link] # Restoring Innovation To A Leading Brand [link] # innovation #leadership # Thanks Keerthi; it’s a classic for sure. Just signed up to get your posts via email!! # link] # custserv # Thx Irene!
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Twitter Weekly Highlights for 2011-02-25
Tanveer Naseer
FEBRUARY 25, 2011
How to Execute Great Ideas [link] # strategy #entrepreneurship #. Beyond Core Competence via HBR [link] # strategy #vision #. From Trash Cans to Nokia: Is Creativity Innovation? link] # innovation (via @ KatriK ) #. Some other posts you may enjoy: Twitter Weekly Highlights for 2011-01-28. Thx Lise for blog RT! (RT
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Twitter Weekly Highlights for 2011-03-04
Tanveer Naseer
MARCH 4, 2011
The Right Way to Get Your Ideas Heard [link] # communication #innovation #. Nokia’s Real Problem: The Commodity Trap [link] # innovation #. My Simplest Innovation Advice via @ HarvardBiz [link] # innovation #. All Hands on Deck by @ Leadershipfreak [link] # leadership #culture # strategy #. *RT Tx Lillian!
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Twitter Weekly Highlights for 2011-01-21
Tanveer Naseer
JANUARY 21, 2011
Why Good Ideas Go Bad [link] # innovation #. Encourage Customers to Buy Innovation [link] # innovation #. Leader Beware: The Perils Of The Ignorance Strategy by @ Starbucker [link] # leadership #perception #. Some other posts you may enjoy: Twitter Weekly Highlights for 2011-01-28. link] I RT @ umairh #.
Influencing Creativity and Innovation
Persuasive Powerhouse
JULY 26, 2010
So what is your role in influencing creativity and innovation in others? We know it isn’t enough to simply add creativity to a list of values your organization espouses or to bring in consultants who get staff keyed up about innovating. Innovative ideas tend to require more risk than “more of the same”.
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Twitter Weekly Highlights for 2011-04-15
Tanveer Naseer
APRIL 15, 2011
RT @ ScottEblin : Don’t do it for $ or perks RT @ TanveerNaseer : Becoming A # Leader For All The Wrong Reasons [link] # Five Ways to Hold the Right Kind of Attention [link] # communication #innovation # Tx Gwyn!
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Twitter Weekly Highlights for 2011-04-15
Tanveer Naseer
APRIL 15, 2011
Five Ways to Hold the Right Kind of Attention [link] # communication #innovation #. RT @ mikehenrysr : Hope IS a Strategy – Today’s #LeadChange post by Steve Smith @ G5Leadership [link]. Some other posts you may enjoy: Twitter Weekly Highlights for 2011-02-11. Twitter Weekly Highlights for 2011-01-21.
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Great Leadership By Dan
JULY 10, 2018
Innovating O ur Way to Sustainability , we assert that to address these challenges requires substantial, disruptive innovation across a wide number of sectors. Such innovation cannot and will not happen without the active involvement of the business community. Innovation is more than invention. And the list goes on.
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Revealing Leadership Insights From Thinkers50
Tanveer Naseer
APRIL 1, 2014
From blue ocean strategy to Michael Porter’s five forces, Vijay Govindarajan’s reverse innovation to Richard D’Aveni’s hypercompetition, great thinkers and their ideas directly effect how companies are run and how business people think about and practice business. This compares with just one in 2011.)
May Edition of Strategy Execution Newsletter - Now Available
Six Disciplines
MAY 3, 2011
The May 2011 edition of the Six Disciplines Strategy Execution newsletter - with a focus on innovation to support strategy execution, is now available for viewing. SUGGESTION: Subscribe to the monthly Six Disciplines Strategy Execution email newsletter.
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101 The ?M? Word: A Company's Most Underrated Intangible | In the CEO.
In the CEO Afterlife
NOVEMBER 30, 2011
by John • November 30, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Life , Marketing , Strategy • 0 Comments. For example, if it was innovation and creativity that brought revival, chances are high that innovation and creativity will remain a cornerstone of their corporate culture. December 2011.
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096: Bringing the Lean Startup into Your Organization: Leadership in the Age of Uncertainty | with Jeff Dyer
Engaging Leader
SEPTEMBER 15, 2014
The new book The Innovator''s Method: Bringing the Lean Start-up into Your Organization, by Nathan Furr and Jeff Dyer, is a leader’s guide to validating new ideas, refining them, and bringing them to market. Jeff is Professor of Strategy at Brigham Young University and Wharton.
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In the CEO Afterlife
NOVEMBER 13, 2011
by John • November 13, 2011 • Branding , Life , Marketing • 5 Comments. I’ve never thought of the homeless as innovative or entrepreneurial. November 14, 2011 at 8:59 am. November 15, 2011 at 7:47 am. November 15, 2011 at 7:47 am. November 19, 2011 at 11:09 am. November 19, 2011 at 1:32 pm.
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Study Looks At How Low-Income Families Can Thrive
The Horizons Tracker
MARCH 18, 2024
This data was gathered in eight cities across the United States between 2005 and 2011. “Parenting programs could prioritize specific strategies for promoting shared parental responsiveness among mothers and fathers who are no longer romantically involved,” the researchers conclude. ”
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Turnarounds and the Big Play | In the CEO Afterlife
In the CEO Afterlife
DECEMBER 11, 2011
by John • December 11, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 1 Comment. In the case of struggling Nabob Foods, two significant innovations facilitated the turnaround. While they played catch-up, we were already working on the next innovation. That strategy continued for years.
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MFG of South Dakota: Trying To Do Some Good in the World
N2Growth Blog
JUNE 19, 2018
Facing a talent shortage in South Dakota in 2011, MFG South Dakota’s leadership team decided to look into innovative ways to hire the workers that they needed to staff their plant. I hope that MFG of South Dakota can leverage its short-term stay and extend it into a long-term strategy for success.
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The Perfect Brand Slogan | In the CEO Afterlife
In the CEO Afterlife
MAY 23, 2011
by John • May 23, 2011 • Branding , Marketing • 3 Comments. In my day, I started with strategy. But the assessment didn’t end with strategy. However, to Kraft’s credit (and I seldom give Kraft credit), they stuck with the strategy, but changed the slogan to Better Beans, Better Coffee. Did you like this?
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Engaging Leader
OCTOBER 1, 2013
He is founder and partner of Enterprise-Gamification.com, launched in October 2011. He has been Senior Innovation Strategist and Global Head of the Gamification Initiative at SAP Labs in Palo Alto, California for the past 14 years. Mario also leads the Austrian Innovation Center […]. Prepare for rollout.
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Lead by Providing Bearing, Room, and Backup
Lead Change Blog
OCTOBER 8, 2019
Theunissen and Stubbé (2011) provide an excellent strategy: leading by providing bearing, room, and backup. A team member in an innovative environment will by the very nature of the task need to take calculated risks. That may have a short-term benefit, but nips innovation in the bud.
Old Brands. New Hands. Last Stands | In the CEO Afterlife
In the CEO Afterlife
AUGUST 1, 2011
by John • August 1, 2011 • Branding , Marketing • 0 Comments. To its credit, GSK still owns Macleans and although it is no longer the #3 brand, chomping at the tails of Colgate and Crest, Macleans has benefitted from contemporary marketing and dental care innovation in a few geographies. December 2011. April 2011.
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The Entrepreneurial Corporation: Oxymoron? | In the CEO Afterlife
In the CEO Afterlife
APRIL 4, 2011
by John • April 4, 2011 • Leadership , Strategy • 0 Comments. Their competitive edge eroded because the people at the top, who considered themselves the corporate brain, failed to innovate. Innovation and entrepreneurship began a comeback, albeit in measured bites. December 2011. November 2011.
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Rich Gee Group
JANUARY 7, 2011
Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson makes that cut. It’s chock full of great strategies and ideas – this is not a boring ‘this is my opinion’ self-help book. Candidly, I’m blown away. Go out and buy this book today. Establish A Contract With Your Team.
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Gjis van Wulfen: An interview by Bob Morris
First Friday Book Synopsis
OCTOBER 19, 2013
He worked as a marketer in the fast moving consumer goods sector and switched to consulting at Ernst & Young Consulting and Boer & Croon Strategy & Management Group. At the end of 2002 he started his own innovation organization to spread, train and facilitate the FORTH innovation […].
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The CEO’s Strategy Handbook: A book review by Bob Morris
First Friday Book Synopsis
DECEMBER 28, 2011
The CEO’s Strategy Handbook: How to create, sustain and accelerate profitable growth Stuart Cross Global Professional Publishing (2011) How to manage strategy effectively and on a continuous basis In fact, everyone in a given enterprise (including but not limited to C-level executives) should be actively engaged in effective management of strategy.
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Six Disciplines
MAY 3, 2011
Ohio-based Consulting Firm Sees Growth Through Strategy Execution Coaching Program. “Six Disciplines is the only program that offers a complete strategy execution framework extending from the corner office to front line personnel. At the end of the day, it is about results. ” Overall business performance both in the U.S.
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In the CEO Afterlife
AUGUST 1, 2011
by John • August 1, 2011 • Branding , Marketing • 0 Comments. To its credit, GSK still owns Macleans and although it is no longer the #3 brand, chomping at the tails of Colgate and Crest, Macleans has benefitted from contemporary marketing and dental care innovation in a few geographies. December 2011. April 2011.
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131 Harvard Business Review on Aligning Technology with Strategy: A book review by Bob Morris
First Friday Book Synopsis
FEBRUARY 1, 2012
Harvard Business Review on Aligning Technology with Strategy Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How and why technology should support your organization’s strategy…not the other way around This is one of the volumes in a series of anthologies of articles that first appeared in Harvard Business Review.
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Predicting Changes In The Price Of Bitcoin
The Horizons Tracker
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Predicting movement The researchers used predictive analytics alongside dimension-reduction models on Bitcoin data from Jan 2011 to Jan 2020. Understanding these roles can inform investment strategies and help individuals navigate the complexities of the cryptocurrency landscape.
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Best Leadership Blogs 2010 | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
NOVEMBER 16, 2010
Kevin Eikenberry ( @kevineikenberry ) opened-up voting for The Best Leadership Blogs of 2010 yesterday , and the N2growth blog was one of 11 blogs nominated for the award. Kevin and I have been in touch and I will definitely stay linked in with him. I would love to get your insights on site and content. I Think Not.
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Changing One Thing Changes Everything
Mills Scofield
AUGUST 12, 2013
In 2011, I pitched a new job at my old job and became a full-time illustrator and storyteller for a non-profit. Content strategy became my job too. And then it started to take over as I became responsible for crafting engagement strategies to show others internally and externally how our stories could support their work.
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189 When to Restructure | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
JANUARY 3, 2011
If change and innovation weren’t key contributors to sustainable success, and the enterprise could just run on auto-pilot, you could replace the CEO with a General Manager. That is the question that many a business is forced to ask at some point during their life cycle. The fact is that business is not a static endeavor. I Think Not.
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The Environmental And Economic Costs Of Curbside Recycling
The Horizons Tracker
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Recycling offers a comparable or even superior return on investment to strategies like transitioning to electric vehicles or purchasing green power, which utilizes renewable energy sources. In 2011, during the most lucrative period for recycling markets, the annual cost per household in the United States was as low as $3.
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