Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2020

These leaders introduce new ideas that have the power to change people and organizations. Some ideas even transform the world! Thought leaders stretch us by presenting ideas that help us see new opportunities and possibilities. Other times, their ideas generate smaller, incremental changes. Thought Leaders.

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Lead from Within

JULY 4, 2023

Poor listening skills are one of the main causes of poor communication in leadership, and it can have negative impacts on teamwork, idea generation and trust. Most people believe they are good listeners, but the reality is that many of us struggle with effective listening.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 17, 2016

He knew I needed something that I hadn’t tapped into for some time – it was that power of the imagination, and while it can create a magical (and admittedly sometimes scary) candy factory, it can also create a similarly wondrous “idea factory” that can drive leadership success, and long-term profitability.

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Next Level Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

It’s typically a mix of large group conversations, small group work and report outs, individual idea generation shared and captured on post-it notes, and one on one peer coaching followed by group debriefs. Meetings like this require a lot of participant energy and brain power.

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CO2

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Step 2: Harnessing Individual Contributions – The Power of Diversity The next step involves individual idea accumulation. This phase democratizes idea generation, ensuring every team member has an equal opportunity to contribute.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 2, 2016

This month is filled with a wide variety of leadership topics including idea generation , power , delegation , compassion and more. The Lead Change Group is grateful to The Thought Board for hosting the August 2016 Leadership Development Carnival. Please visit the full carnival post here to peruse all of this month’s posts.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The choices appeared to have a significant impact on the number of creative ideas generated by the group and indeed the creativity level of each idea.

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Joseph Lalonde

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Devoted to making powerful ideas accessible and sparking conversation, innovation, and change, their global community welcomes some of the world’s most inspired thinkers to share their wealth of knowledge and motivate you to spread your greatest ideas. Their lecturers are thinkers, doers, and idea-generators!

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Books like Helping People Change and The Power of Bad , have the power to change forever how we work with others and address the things that hold us back. The Power of Bad : How the Negativity Effect Rules Us and How We Can Rule It by John Tierney and Roy F. People don’t experience our intentions; they experience our behavior.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Such surprises may manifest as disruptions in the supply chain, resulting in temporary production halts, or power outages necessitating a pause until electricity is restored. Another example could be a critical software system malfunctioning, thereby impeding employees from fulfilling their daily tasks.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

I’m a big believer in the power of assessments. People who prefer to use the information to come up with ideas (generators and conceptualizers) are on the right side of the vertical axis. One of the assessment tools we use a great deal is the Basadur Innovation Profile. The results are presented in a four-quadrant model.

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 8, 2010

It’s that power of the imagination, and while it can create a magical (and admittedly sometimes scary) candy factory, it can also create a similarly wondrous “idea factory&# that can drive leadership success, and long-term profitability. Fear is one of the biggest impediments to idea generation.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

The difference in results, using this “ideas meet urgency” approach, were truly eye-opening – attendees weren’t “losing” or “parking” the ideas; they were using them, right away, to their benefit. Ideas, meet urgency. Happy to make your acquaintance!

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You're Not the Boss of Me

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Acknowledge, Acknowledge and Acknowledge some more ~ Acknowledgement is integral to building an organization that values idea generation and development. Shift the perspective of knowledge as power~ We have become used to the notion that knowledge is power so we’d better hang onto it. I think we all know that.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Therefore, collaboration involving lots of idea generation from multiple sources does not work for many projects. When all members are focused on the good of the organization and its goals, rather than focusing on individual or departmental agendas, the power of the organization is unleashed.

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LDRLB

JULY 31, 2013

Across the three experiments, Polman and Emich found that participants generate more creative ideas or better solutions when focused on someone else rather than themselves. This isn’t just the creative power of altruism.

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Coaching Tip

JULY 3, 2013

Organizations are increasingly relying on the collective power of teams to meet today’s business demands, but many teams aren’t living up to their full potential. How do these different modes of thinking affect team dynamics, process flows, idea generation and problem-solving approaches? • Related articles. People Reading.

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Steve Farber

MARCH 12, 2014

The term “Master Mind” has been part of our modern day lexicon since Napoleon Hill wrote about its power in Think And Grow Rich , which was originally published in 1937. There are few things more powerful than being a part of a group of people mutually committed to each others’ success. And for good reason.

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Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Powered by WordPress. Design by 12GrainStudio When Ideas Have Sex, What do the babies look like? Sharing the spotlight with Scott Stratten ; Robin Wilson ; and Me …talking, sharing, engaging and learning about ideas, marketing, and making businesses, brands and you better. Give Ideas P.R.O.PS…A All rights reserved.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 24, 2012

Acknowledge, Acknowledge and Acknowledge some more ~ Acknowledgement is integral to building an organization that values idea generation and development. Shift the perspective of knowledge as power~ We have become used to the notion that knowledge is power so we’d better hang onto it. I think we all know that.

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Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Powered by WordPress. All rights reserved. Design by 12GrainStudio Buffalo’s Social Media Event of the Year! Monday, November 01st, 2010 Posted by: mike UnBook tour Tickets are available here. It started as an experiment.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 11, 2011

Powered by WordPress. When I left my old employer the portable path came with me, and has served an my calming, thought provoking, idea generation, slowing down – best practice. All rights reserved. While researching I purchased a portable reflexology mat because in the need to better understand the process. The process worked!

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

I have had more than a few engagements that have come about as a result of the need to repair the carnage and devastation that occurred from the implementation of advice put forth, or the ideas generated by a well intentioned yet unqualified “coach”. Your last point about the need for an open mind is of paramount importance.

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Steve Farber

DECEMBER 1, 2010

of us are facing today, I thought it an opportune time to fire up our natural, built in, idea-generation instincts. The Wake Up Pad (WUP) method is a powerful re-thinking and new application of an ancient, incredibly simple, and decidedly low-tech tool: the notebook. Given the challenges many (most?) First, go get yourself one.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

While I thought many of the ideas were legitimately interesting, after a few hours of working together, a nagging concern began to creep in: that the team hadn't quite formulated what question it was seeking to answer. It's natural for people pursuing innovation to jump into idea-generation mode.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

Today, many companies are focusing on idea generating activities like innovation challenges. Our findings suggest that it is the individual leader and their ability to lead strategically that is just as critical as the idea.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2017

You can harness the power of divergence and convergence to fix brainstorming, and several studies demonstrate that this works effectively. They pass their stack of ideas to the person on their right, who builds on them. This passing is done five times, until everyone has had the chance to build on each of the ideas.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2015

This leads to cognitive overload and hinders creative idea generation in more introverted participants. Anonymity also means that ideas are judged more objectively. Conversely, when team members rate ideas anonymously and without knowledge of the author, politics are out of the way.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Second, few people understand group dynamics well enough to harness their power to help groups maximize their creativity. To fix group idea generation, then, be aware of when you are trying to diverge and when you are trying to converge. Everyone also gets to enhance the ideas generated by their colleagues.

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Groupthink Process Osborne Idea Generation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2014

The insights that come after incubation are what feel like we’re tapping into the same idea-generating force that powered Newton and Archimedes. A team of researchers led by Sophie Ellwood recently found empirical evidence for power of incubation to boost creative insight. ideas generated.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Creative new ideas generated. Knowledge of results is a powerful force in growing and learning. Goal setting creates a power of one’s life…especially the part that relates to work. Continuous quality improvement within your own operation. Empowerment of employees and colleagues to do better jobs.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 18, 2008

Idea hamsters: people who always seem to have their idea generators running. Power Luser: Computer user with the uncanny ability to screw things up so bad that either the damage is irrevocable or restoring from the last back-up is the only hope. IMNERHO: Net acronym for In My Never Even Remotely Humble Opinion.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Importantly, after each study we asked a separate group of people to rate the creativity of the participants’ ideas. Across the majority of our studies we found that ideas generated while persisting were, on average, rated to be more creative than ideas generated initially.

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Creativity Participative Idea Generation Tactics 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

When I ask participants in my executive programs what gets in the way of growth in their companies, the list goes on and on: lack of incentives, power of the existing business, management desire for near-term success, too many silos, fear of failure, "it's no one's job," and so on. So what do companies like Apple and P&G really do?

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Supply Chain Strategic Fit Innovation Idea Generation 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2017

These forces not only rob employees of time to concentrate on completing complex tasks or for idea generation, they also crunch the downtime that is necessary for restoration. And few employees have the power—or temerity—to call off unnecessary meetings. Here’s how leaders can address them.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2013

Changing just one aspect of daily life in an organization can have a powerful effect on innovation. Idea generation will improve as people problem-solve together at meals. Feed Your Employees'' Minds and Bodies Innovation Excellence. So why not try providing lunch for your employees? Employee relationships will change.

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Advertising Idea Generation Innovation Diversity 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2012

But we're on the cusp of a major change that uses the power of social to fundamentally shift from a traditional, top-down management hierarchy to a new bottom-up approach. Enter the wisdom of crowds — or crowdsourcing. In many leading organizations, it is already redefining performance management and transforming all of HR.

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