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The Problem with Good Ideas | Thoughts for the Everyday Leader

Nathan Magnuson

February 11, 2013. At a time when creativity and innovation are at a premium, good ideas are actually more threatening than ever. Bobb Biehl once said that a sign of maturity is putting process between opportunity and response. © 2013 Thoughts for the Everyday Leader — Standard by 8BIT. — 3 Comments.

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Scan for the 3 key ingredients of trends to survive in the Expectation Economy

Strategy Driven

Trend-Driven Innovation , as detailed in our book of the same name, is the end-to-end process of tracking changes in these expectations to make sure that your products, services or experiences don’t fall behind. Innovations. When you scan for innovations, it is imperative that you look beyond what you see as your industry.

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Guest Blogger Nathan Zeldes: Why and How to Communicate Across Company Lines

leaderCommunicator

In my case, my most powerful ideas – ideas that enabled me to lead innovative programs of worldwide scope when I was at Intel – have come from conversations with people in other organizations. His professional activity is accessible at www.nathanzeldes.com. Will I see you there? Click here and register today ! David Grossman.

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Steve Blank on Why Big Companies Can't Innovate

Harvard Business Review

What's striking about Fast Company's 2013 list of the world's 50 most innovative companies is the relative absence of large, established firms. It's not surprising that younger entrepreneurial firms are considered more innovative. So why doesn't innovation thrive in mature organizations?

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Digital Transformation Doesn’t Have to Leave Employees Behind

Harvard Business Review

It means embracing a new culture and mindset, where hierarchy fades and innovation happens through networks. At the company level, it is quite clear that digital maturity is synonymous with stronger economic growth and a higher level of well-being for employees. In 2013 Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael A.

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Growth and Wellness at the Heart of Spotify’s Employee Development Programs

HR Digest

To remain innovative we need to have a workforce that mirrors the world we operate in. She’s been with the company since 2013, leading the talent transformation during the business transition from startup to a mature international company. That is why Diversity and Inclusion have long been central to our agenda at Spotify.

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Don’t Try to Be a Publisher and a Platform at the Same Time

Harvard Business Review

As more platishers mature, they may find themselves facing similar conundrums. The need to resolve this question may nudge maturing platishers to become either more like platforms, or more like publishers. Those two are just completely different world views. It’s hard to create clarity for an organization.