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Celebrate Failure

Career Advancement

Trevor wanted his people to be pillars of innovation and creativity. When he came to me for coaching around innovation, he mentioned how fearful his team was in taking risks and possibly touching failure. In doing so, they help their most creative people to develop exciting new ideas. ” ~Thomas Edison~.

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Choosing The Perfect Business Partner

Women on Business

But I wasn’t as keen on the business side of things – finances, bookkeeping, and other nitty-gritty that keeps a business flowing smoothly. I was perfectly capable of handling finances, but it wasn’t nearly as exciting or interesting to me as the creative side. Although I knew I needed someone, I had no idea where to look.

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Could You Be A Better Entrepreneur?

Strategy Driven

Learn about the mistakes being made by you and your competitors so you can develop innovative new ideas to win over potential customers in your market. Take training courses in web design, business finance, and other areas to help the different departmental teams which keep your company running. Talk to consumers.

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9 Reasons to Hire a Design Agency

Strategy Driven

A creative design agency offers a mixture of design, technology, and advertising to help clients with branding. Many can help establish a strong brand identity and give essential advice. As a result, they can brainstorm innovative ways to bring your brand to life. Not sure whether to hire one? What Is a Design Agency?

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The Best Leadership Books of 2019

Leading Blog

Creative Construction : The DNA of Sustained Innovation by Gary P. Pisano (PublicAffairs, 2019) The conventional wisdom is that only disruptive, nimble startups can innovate; once a business gets bigger and more complex corporate arteriosclerosis sets in. There's a better way. Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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Featured Instigator: Susan Mazza

Lead Change Blog

Susan graduated from Penn State with a BS in Finance and International Business. She started out working in a very large accounting department facilitating the communication between the accountants and the IT professionals to develop and deploy new and innovative technologies.

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The Downside of Best Practices | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Business is fluid, dynamic and ever evolving, which means that static advice is at best short lived, but most times is simply incongruous with the very nature of business itself. Don’t utilize your competitions practices, but rather innovate around them and improve upon them to create an advantage that can be leveraged in the market.

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