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How to Hand Off an Innovation Project from One Team to Another

Harvard Business Review

That fear drives their companies to invest millions into coming up with breakthrough innovations. If innovation projects are going to succeed, they’ll need to survive a handoff from an innovation team to an execution team. These labels also nicely describe the phases of innovation: Explore, Scale, and Optimize.

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The CEO as Chief Brand Custodian | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

So, wouldn’t you expect a heck of a lot more company attention to commercial brands? Wouldn’t you expect greater care in stewarding brand identity, personality, positioning, single-mindedness, and strategic consistency? Wouldn’t you expect more innovation? Today’s economy screams for change in the process of branding.

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