The Horizons Tracker

MAY 10, 2022

Despite the stereotype that creativity is the preserve of the lone genius, it is increasingly a collaborative affair. Recent research from INSEAD explores how leaders can do a better job by challenging the notion that creativity is driven from below and instead arguing that the best results tend to be when the leader drives things.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Stuck in a world where productivity meets panic and trying to be a ‘team player’ feels like a conspiracy against your sanity. With the finish line in sight, you can innovate without fear, tossing out time-saving hacks like confetti. Constraints are the gateway to creativity. You’re overloaded at work. I have an idea.”

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 13, 2016

. – but how often do we describe leaders as creative? Creativity and Leadership. Although not often associated with leadership, creativity is a trait that modern leaders want to harness, as it is vitally important. It’s difficult to find the perfect balance between creativity and leadership. Creativity Killers.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

A job title says a lot about a person, his creativity, and his attitude towards the job. In the present world of fierce competition for jobs and employment opportunities, creative job titles go a long way to attract the attention of employers and companies. Most Creative Job Titles Ever (They’re also meaningless).

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Traditionally, the Allen Curve has suggested that physical proximity was crucial to collaboration and creativity. This is fascinating, as there has been considerable concern in recent times that our innovative output has been slowing down. This is despite the proliferation of virtual collaboration tools. Making breakthroughs.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 1, 2023

She shares insights on remote work practices, such as using communication platforms like Slack, organizing shared drives, and implementing project management tools. Pisani encourages leaders to prioritize creativity and innovation by hiring the right people and fostering a culture of continuous learning and testing.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 26, 2010

So what is your role in influencing creativity and innovation in others? So what is your role in influencing creativity and innovation in others? We know it isn’t enough to simply add creativity to a list of values your organization espouses or to bring in consultants who get staff keyed up about innovating.

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Engaging Leader

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Creativity is the starting point for all innovation, and most organizations rely on innovation to create a competitive advantage. Innovation is necessary for the successful development and implementation of new programs or better products. Where do we find creative people? Where does it come from?

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Leading Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

trillion in 2023 and is projected to grow nearly 14% a year in the next 6 years, that's understandable: there's a lot at stake. I've learned that from my nearly forty years of working with scientists and clinicians to transform inventions into successful commercial products. Models are developed, scrutinized, and refined.

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Leading Blog

JULY 25, 2019

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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Leading Blog

AUGUST 9, 2017

When it comes to innovation, it is no different. Jeff DeGraff writes in The Innovation Code , “ Your dominant worldview is your biggest strength —the quality that makes you stand out from other people.” DeGraff describes four basic worldviews or approaches to innovation : the Artist, the Engineer, the Athlete, and the Sage.

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Great Results Team Building

AUGUST 21, 2023

The ability to foster collaboration among and across departments can significantly enhance productivity, innovation, and overall organizational performance. For your team to be truly productive, collaboration is crucial. According to a study by Forbes , collaboration drives workplace performance and innovation.

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LDRLB

APRIL 10, 2013

Innovation means more than just new products or services. It means improving the process of creating those products, or selling them, or experiencing them, or even improving the ways we manage the people who do all of the above. That change can apply to products and processes, or it can apply to people.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 24, 2021

When it is time for a project or experiment to be laid to rest, all those who worked on it have a chance to discuss what they learned, gained, and regretted from the whole process. This is how “coincidentally” new ideas and products emerge, as people have an incentive to “connect the dots” for each other.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 5, 2013

Guest post from Shoya Zichy: Innovation is critical to an organization''s growth and competitive advantage. Yet in a recent survey of 5,000 only 1 in 4 people believe they are living up to their creative potential. If you chose more items on the left, your inborn styles is that of a "structured" innovator.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2019

At worst, it could be disastrous for our projects, for our teams, and for our health. As a leader, you have the power and influence to help your team members develop new habits that can make them more productive. I’m a fan of multi-tasking but this seems unreasonable. Make sure they also have time in their schedules to stop and think.

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Joseph Lalonde

APRIL 6, 2016

Kent is an editor at the Good Men Project , Professor at St. Louis Christian College, and author of The Artist’s Suitcase: 26 Essentials for the Creative Journey. He writes about art and creativity at KentSanders.net. Show Notes: How do you define creativity? Why should leaders be creative? They were not healthy.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 4, 2019

Nonetheless, the importance of empathy to creativity was underlined by recent research from the University of Connecticut and the University of Illinois, which asked participants to imagine consumers eating a snack before then designing that snack on their behalf. They judged the product designs purely on their creativity.

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Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Only those who are able to reinvent themselves, imagining new solutions, and developing new products and services to be relevant in the future will be poised to thrive. “Insight + Ideas + Impact = Innovation.” What’s your definition of innovation? What characteristics do the most innovative organizations share?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 30, 2011

I have consistently found the most productive people call very few meetings, and likewise they rarely attend meetings where their presence isn’t absolutely necessary. One of the biggest mistakes an organization can make is to take its top talent away from productive activities and sequester them away for a mind-numbing babble session.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 6, 2021

We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Karin Hurt and David Dye of Let’s Grow Leaders provided How to Stay Productive as You Return to the Office. Creativity/Inspiration.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

One of them for me has been ways I help creative people on our teams flourish. I used to think when leading creatives, the key was to free them to create. I wanted them to come up with their “best” work – the most creative way. I’m not a basher of creatives. I am actually a creative myself.

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LDRLB

AUGUST 24, 2012

Business books and management gurus have long sung the praises of giving employees free time to tinker on projects they initiate. The idea seems to have begun with 3M, who allowed employees to spend 15 percent for their workweek focused on projects that were unrelated to their normal work. At its heart, innovation requires risk-taking.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 8, 2023

This article explores the manifold benefits of utilizing AI prompts in software development, delving into how these cutting-edge solutions can dramatically transform efficiency, collaboration, learning, project management, and innovation.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 23, 2020

Your business relies on maximum productivity at every level, whether it’s planning your marketing campaigns or improving your customer service. To support productivity and keep on growing what you need are the right tools. LiquidPlanner fuses collaboration software with amazing project management features. Infusionsoft.

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LDRLB

MAY 1, 2013

Most of us have a grueling view of productivity – getting things done at work is a daunting task and its best to put our nose to the grindstone and churn it out. We hear experts tell us how to rigidly structure our calendar to make time for the serious work of completing a project or task. ideas in their four minutes.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 17, 2020

Here are five things that work for me as a solitary, creative home worker: Finding my creative space. Finding my creative time. Finding your creative space. Where is your creative space? How to create your own place for productivity? Make your creative space a place that you want to be in.

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CO2

MAY 14, 2012

When you think of creativity, you often think of ways to promote it! Creativity is the driving force behind many new products, services, and companies around the world, creating solutions to age-old problems and offering new ways to live our daily lives. ‘Culture eats strategy for breakfast’ it is said.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Some ideas are game-changers—creating a whole industry, product line, or new production methods. a) Their ability to produce original and innovative ideas. . And while you are at it, try framing issues in creative ways by stating the basic question that needs to be answered. . Give it a try. Give it a try.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 5, 2020

Flip the book over, and you have Gutsche’s updated and expanded, bestselling, Exploiting Chaos , book now called, The Innovation Handbook , featuring memorable real-world case studies and plenty of thought-provoking questions to inspire next steps for innovation. When it comes to innovation, culture is more important than strategy.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 22, 2011

Solving our business problems, making leaps in productivity, Customer Service, product development (or anything else), requires the same shift. Here is a simple creative exercise to use personally or before you next team creative challenge. Please take a look at all three – here is just one.

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Mike Cardus

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

Planning for ‘ How to Think Differently to Drive Results ’ … a four-day creativity & innovation program that provides participants with a toolbox of methods and skills for creativity and innovation that are instantly transferable to their work. In the course we will dive deeper into a Structure Innovation Process.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 11, 2023

When team members communicate openly, projects align with precision, sidestepping misunderstandings. A study by the Harvard Business Review reveals that prioritizing effective communication amplifies collaboration and innovation, propelling companies 50% ahead of competitors.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

When it comes to the workplace, people often emphasize traditional themes such as productivity and collaboration. One of the most underrated features that you should promote in your workplace is creativity. Creativity can have a multitude of benefits for you and your workers, such as increased output and a higher sense of enthusiasm.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 29, 2019

Is your business struggling to come up with a new idea or innovation to solve the latest industry challenge? If you can’t see the wood for the trees, here are three reasons why crowdsourcing innovation can help take your brand to the next level. Ultimately, these people are the ones you’re targeting your products and services to.

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Mills Scofield

MAY 29, 2013

Victor’s Leap Year Project “Masters Program” is the wave of the future. My work with students and the building project made me curious about further education in business, design, and social impact. I gave my self-made experiential education and the community project a title: The Leap Year Project.

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HR Digest

MAY 8, 2023

Takes ownership of projects and holds team members accountable for their roles. Well, for starters, it directly impacts productivity and efficiency. When an employee is absent or arrives late, it can disrupt workflows, delay projects, and cause unnecessary stress for their colleagues. Adapts to change quickly and effectively.

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