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How Innovation Is Completely Different in Established Organizations than in Startups

Leading Blog

Their greatest fear is no longer their closest competitor, but the startups which, although they live in metaphorical garages and have hardly taken off, have an innovation power that established organizations can only dream of possessing. The Three Tracks of Innovation. Optimizing innovation: Improving the past.

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Managing Company Culture Anthropologically

Leading Blog

Large firms spend around $2,200 per employee per year on culture, yet only 30 percent of those efforts have a positive ROI. Companies consistently get culture wrong because they go about assessing it, and attempting to manage it from the top-down, not the bottom-up. But what does this mean?

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Insurance Executive Search: Navigating the Landscape of Risk and Reward

N2Growth Blog

They are no longer responsible for managing risk but also for driving innovation, enhancing customer experiences, and achieving sustainable growth. When evaluating candidates for insurance executive positions, there are key skills and qualities that organizations should prioritize.

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This Word Unleashes Change & Innovation

N2Growth Blog

The word no ends discussions, stifles creativity, kills innovation, impedes learning, and gates initiative. No is not all it’s cracked-up to be. It means your vision is not understood, your team is not aligned, and your talent is not performing up to par. Rather than prioritize by exclusion, use systems, processes, etc.,

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First Look: Leadership Books for June 2021

Leading Blog

Whether it's the death of a friend, loss of a job, a bad break-up, or the isolation of Covid-19, those who manage to be where their feet are will grow, stretch and emerge stronger, smarter, and more prepared as we find peace and gratitude in the pause. The human spirit craves connection. Authenticity. We need to make our interactions count.

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First Look: Leadership Books for May 2020

Leading Blog

How Innovation Works : And Why It Flourishes in Freedom by Matt Ridley. Innovation is crucially different from invention, because it is the turning of inventions into things of practical and affordable use to people. It speeds up in some sectors and slows down in others. Rigby, Sarah Elk, and Steven H.

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A List of Referrable Keynote Speakers and Topics to Consider for Your Next Conference

Great Results Team Building

In that follow-up zoom call, I try to be as helpful as possible in sharing any data I’ve collected from pre-event surveys or attendee interviews I use to prepare for their event.