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Fueling Innovation: How Microsoft Finally Got It Right

Leading Blog

His goal was not to make Microsoft the most innovative company but the most successful in its field. Of course, part of that entailed reestablishing the company’s reputation for cutting-edge technology. Innovation had become the goal, and that wasn’t enough. Innovation requires clear goals to reach toward.

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Executive Hiring For a P.E. Portfolio Company – Tangential Opportunity

N2Growth Blog

The new CxO will be tasked to define and craft strategy, make investment proposals, and defend them, so they have depth in the related sector and a brain the size of an elephant. The CFO candidate might get by with only a broad sector experience in manufacturing, finance, or technology. Facebook proficiency does not qualify.

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How To Get Noticed (and Promoted) at Work.

Rich Gee Group

Stand out by identifying issues and proposing solutions. Action Steps: Stay abreast of industry trends and new technologies. Invest in learning new skills relevant to your career goals. Set personal milestones that go beyond your job description. Become a Problem Solver Every organization has its challenges and inefficiencies.

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Businesses Are Unintentionally Limiting Their Innovation

The Horizons Tracker

Limiting the future Many businesses and leaders may not realize that their past choices can limit the variety of proposals they get. If this aligns with the organization’s goals, it’s not necessarily a bad thing to crowdsource ideas that match its preferences. The researchers examined 1.44 million ideas submitted by 1.07

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How To Get Funding Through Horizon Europe?

Strategy Driven

The Horizon Europe program strives towards three goals, including strengthening European scientific and tech bases and the European Research Area. Furthermore, the pillar seeks to develop the EU’s innovation landscape in association with the European Institute of Innovation Technology with research, education, and innovation projects.

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An Overview: Agile and Enterprise Architecture

Strategy Driven

Back in 2001, what we know today as the Agile Manifesto was born , by the hand of several American CEOs of the technology sector (software) and they decided to combine various ideas to propose an alternative to the slow working methods that were not responding to the current ones needs, before your organization and your customers.

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Weekly Round-Up: 6 Ways to Enhance Innovation, 4 Questions for Transformative Leaders, Get Better Results in 2020, 6 Warning Signs for Internal Comms Audit, Engaging Virtual Teams

leaderCommunicator

This Week's Round-Up of Leadership and Communication Blogs: 6 Ways to Enhance Innovation Through Internal Communication By Alejandro Formanchuk ( @formanchuk via @InstituteForPR ), Institute for Public Relations Here are six concrete actions that internal communicators can propose to enhance innovation.