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How to Create a Culture of Innovation

LDRLB

It became one of the Magazine’s most popular articles of 2013. Get symbolic – Understand that mission statements, awards, stories of successes and failures, posters in the hallways, catch phrases, and acronyms all shape culture. Why such keen interest in this topic? Create your own symbols that reinforce innovation values.

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Stop Trying to Engineer Success

Harvard Business Review

Every organization that aspires to greatness has something to learn from relevant success stories of the past. Reverse-engineer the reasons for their success, looking for features that they share in common. Reverse-engineer the reasons for their success, looking for features that they share in common. But it simply doesn’t work.