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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Where Dan lost me was on point #4 – Teams Decide by Consensus. And as odd as it may sound, one of the greatest impediments to building productive teams is practicing management by consensus. In recent months I have observed a decent amount of politically correct discourse on the topic of team building and equality.

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Do you need a Chief Social Officer?

Chartered Management Institute

When managers talk about social media the debate still seems to revolve around external uses of social technologies. I wrote recently about how successful Lego have been at harnessing the innovative thoughts of their customers to revive their fortunes in recent years. The Six Principles of Collaboration.

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Leading Those Who Don't Want To Follow | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Never be swayed by consensus that calls you to compromise your values, rather be guided by doing the right thing. In fact, most differences don’t require intervention as they actually contribute to a dynamic, creative, innovative culture. The way to avoid conflict is to help those around you achieve their objectives.

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The Secret History of Agile Innovation

Harvard Business Review

You hear a lot about “agile innovation” these days. Sutherland already had a strong background in methodologies such as rapid application development, object-oriented design, PDSA cycles, and skunkworks. Of course, Sutherland and Schwaber weren’t alone in their search for innovative methods.

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The Worst Failure of All Is Wasting a Failure

Harvard Business Review

a Boston-based innovation management collaborative. We often ask executives to tell us about their biggest innovation failures. The head of R&D remembered it as a failure to properly market the innovation. If an innovation initiative failed, ask why. Terwilliger (jay@creativerealities.com) and Mark H.

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Making the Most of Webinars

Harvard Business Review

Research on which methods are most effective for sharing knowledge related to innovation provide some clues. As evidenced by CCIP's research, webinars seem to work less well when they deal with topics around which there is no consensus, or that require enormous customization to be relevant to all audience members. Ask questions.

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The Tech Trends You Can’t Ignore in 2015

Harvard Business Review

At the end of each year, I apply a framework to surface the most important emerging trends in digital media and emerging technology for the year ahead. Where/how are people having difficulty with technology? In 2015, consumers will begin to see SVPA technology baked into their mobile phones. Where/how are people stuck?

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