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This Seems Like a Lot of Work For a Free Banana

Lead Change Blog

Author information Deborah Mills-Scofield Deb Mills-Scofield has her own consultancy helping organizations create and implement highly actionable, adaptable, measurable, and profitable innovation-based strategic plans. Books Value Creation Authentic Character-based Leadership Communication Purpose Values'

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I Wrote a Book!

Mills Scofield

For years, many of my clients, founders I’ve advised, and mentees have asked me to write a book; it took one of them to push me to do it*. So, I wrote a book , Value Proposition: Positioning for Success , on continually creating, testing, and building compelling value propositions that meet or exceed real customers’ real needs.

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Recommended Resources – Look At More

Strategy Driven

Look at More : A Proven Approach to Innovation, Growth, and Change. About the Book. Andy’s framework specifically targets the liberation of the ’5Ms’ of innovation: Mood : attitudes, feelings, and emotions creating the context for creativity and innovation. Benefits of Using this Book.

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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 6 of 7

Strategy Driven

Silent Killer #5: Suppressing Innovation. Thanks to the bureaucracy and lack of listening that exists in most companies today, we have created working environments that stifle the creativity, original thought, and innovation that make our human capital so valuable. The greatest enemy of innovation is modern management.

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Preview Thursday: Intelligent Disobedience

Lead Change Blog

Ira Chaleff is an author, speaker, workshop presenter, and innovative thinker on the beneficial use of power between those who are leading and those who are following in any given situation. Accept the short-term consequences of your choice. Appreciate the long-term consequences you most likely avoided.

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IT Organizations Built to Last

Strategy Driven

Innovation begins with management; by fostering a culture that prioritizes innovation, creativity is incentivized among team members. Customer centricity: It’s been proven that companies that prioritize their customers see greater business results and continually bring more innovative products to the market. No related articles.

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The 7 Silent Business Killers

Strategy Driven

3 Innovation is DOA. You need to re-energize innovation-fast. Make innovation the number one goal in the company (read: big incentives for achieving innovation goals). Train everyone (and I do mean everyone) in the tools and techniques of innovation. Throw a challenge down for an annual innovation award.

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