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How to Create a Culture of Innovation

LDRLB

It became one of the Magazine’s most popular articles of 2013. The 300 HR managers in the audience raised their hands in agreement when they were asked if “the soft stuff” was their company’s biggest barrier to innovation. Why such keen interest in this topic? They’re stuck. The reason: their company cultures stifle innovation.

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Todd Durkin on Leadership & People

Leading Blog

On this one particular evening in 2013, I had the opportunity to hear him speak to a few hundred fitness trainers/pros at a Perform Better conference in Providence, Rhode Island. Think about what Ford says in its MISSION statement: “Our PEOPLE are the source of our strength.” And he was a three-time NFL Coach of the Year.

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How I Got My Team To Fail More

Harvard Business Review

The product manager working on our first augmented reality site for PBSKids.org ditched her plans for months of customer research and testing in favor of a 10-week sprint to launch. The product manager? Properly managed, it’s a healthy tension. Change management Leading teams Organizational culture' The site failed.

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