The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Like the weather, many leaders talk about agility and innovation, but few managers do much about it. Unlike the weather, there’s a great deal managers can do about building agile and innovative cultures. These four innovation stages aren’t neat and orderly. It’s a big competitive edge.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 26, 2016

There’s agile marketing, introduced by thought leaders at CMG. Or, think about innovation. Everyone knows innovation is important. But again, if you can innovate successfully, is that enough? In truth, factors like speed, agility and innovation aren’t all that valuable by themselves. Can agile help you win more?

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Joseph Lalonde

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Young leaders are innovative. Young leaders are innovative. But young leaders can be even more innovative (and influential) with a few tweaks. But even before the light bulb people couldn’t say Edison wasn’t innovative. He was innovative. You better be if you’re wanting to be innovative.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 20, 2015

Instead of going about their business as usual, as people at other companies would do, 25,000 employees at Market Basket (they call themselves associates) protested in the streets for six weeks to get Demoulas back. Last year, the board of directors at one of New England’s largest supermarket chains fired CEO Arthur T.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 21, 2014

In today’s increasingly competitive, global market, it’s understandable why so many leaders are trying to figure out how to foster innovation in their organizations. So how is it that some organizations seem to thrive on the cutting edge while others can barely get their innovative initiatives off the ground?

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Great Results Team Building

OCTOBER 12, 2023

It opens the door to making a relevant and trustworthy referral they can consider – And while they appreciate hearing a few names of tremendous speakers I know and trust, it is also a great to help promote people that I know will be fantastic on their stage. Because most organizations don’t bring back the exact same speaker every year.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Whitney Johnson’s new book Disrupt Yourself got me thinking about the developmental phases of people and organizations, as well as organizational culture because that’s my field. Johnson shares this insightful S-curve derived from research on innovation. The market is saturated, and so are you. But they are stuck.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 5, 2020

March 10 brings the new book, Create The Future: Tactics For Disruptive Thinking, by J eremy Gutsche , CEO of Trend Hunter. Gutsche shares that, Create The Future , "is a book about Disruptive Thinking, so it makes sense that it shouldn't follow conventional norms. It's the ideal guide to turn your big idea into a reality.

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Leading Blog

JULY 19, 2019

How true disruptors use innovation, including digital, to grow the market and create new business models. Or else, you took on the hard work of growing the entire market. It can drive new business models, open up adjacent products and help you grow the whole market. I’ve learned this is not always true.

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Coaching Tip

JULY 26, 2016

Innovation occurs when boundaries, roadblocks and Naysayers are pushed to the side. A book, ORBIT-SHIFTING INNOVATION , explores both the creative process behind innovation, as well as the execution. How to now make the big idea work in the market is the dominant question in their mind.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Over the last few decades, innovation activity has become concentrated in clusters or ecosystems, where finance, academia, industry and entrepreneurs rub shoulders to allow the free flow of ideas. Innovating our response to Covid-19. Practical solutions. Globally competitive.

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Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Innovation occurs when boundaries, roadblocks and Naysayers are pushed to the side. A new book, ORBIT-SHIFTING INNOVATION , explores both the creative process behind innovation, as well as the execution. How to now make the big idea work in the market is the dominant question in their mind. Innovation Execution.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Many of the books listed below help us to do just that. Others were included because they help us to think differently, opening us up to potential we might not have considered. The books listed below help us to build the right foundation from which we can lead others. Leaders are dealers in hope. Blog Post ).

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Think Outside the Building : How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One Smart Innovation at a Time by Rosabeth Moss Kanter (PublicAffairs, 2020) One of the leading business thinkers in the world offers a bold, new theory of advanced leadership for tackling the world’s complex, messy, and recalcitrant social and environmental problems.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2019

We will instead show the market what we’re made of.”. How can you differentiate and elevate your organization to gain advantage and increase market share? Do you have the right people in the right roles, doing the right things to ensure success today and accelerate growth and innovation for a stellar future? Assess the market.

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Skip Prichard

DECEMBER 7, 2020

In his new book, Always Day One , award-winning Silicon Valley journalist Alex Kantrowitz takes readers deep inside the tech giants, revealing the leadership and culture practices that have helped them dominate the economy. They attack new markets without worrying about their flagship businesses. A Winning Culture.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

No doubt many would argue that is indeed the case, and will point to the way technologies from the smartphone to CRISPR are opening up new ways of living and working. He argues that innovation has three core facets: Innovation generation , which is the sexy stuff you see all the time in the media. ” Variable outcomes.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 20, 2019

For example, you might think that designing a product to solve your book closing is not possible. When we started out, the students launched gung ho into the project, determined to create an amazing product without undertaking much market research. The three perspectives are through the lenses of: Self. The Other Person. The Observer.

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QAspire

MARCH 18, 2018

I created a series of sketch notes for Tiffani Bova’s “ What’s Next ” podcast where she meets brilliant people to discuss customer experience, growth and innovation. Tiffani Bova is a Global Customer Growth and Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce. I have interacted with Seth twice on this blog before when I reviewed his books.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2020

But it only intensifies something we were already seeing in the world of work: organizations need to adapt constantly to keep up with market dynamics. This kind of workplace demands a different kind of leader: people who follow their inner convictions and passions, and who engage with others in an authentic and open way.

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 3, 2024

Explore new markets or demographics for your products or services. Positive Actions for Yourself Commit to lifelong learning, whether through books, courses, or seminars. Cultivate an innovative mindset, encouraging creativity in problem-solving. Enhance customer experience by seeking feedback and implementing changes.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 12, 2024

Rather than seeing it as an obstacle to overcome, integrate it into your strategic approach to invigorate your high-growth potential and outperform competition under any market condition,” explains Rebecca Homkes , author of the new book, Survive, Reset, Thrive. Yet, resetting and leaning into change is essential. “If

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In his article on “Crafting Strategy,” McGill University professor and management author, Henry Mintzberg, provides a good example of innovation and organizational learning in high-performing, agile organizations: “Out in the field, a salesman visits a customer. A new product emerges, which eventually opens up a new market.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 18, 2022

How you are REALLY feeling… I was recently catching up with a client (turned into a friend) whom we had worked with several years ago, right after our first book came out. Sales are significantly up in your market month over month. I’m hoping you’ll share your number 6. Let’s call him Fred.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

We visit Tracy Obolsky in Rockaway Beach, New York, who begins her day with the rising sun surfing before she heads out to open her lifestyle business —a business designed to cover the expenses and lifestyle ambitions of the owner. Then there are the social entrepreneurs where the donation is a marketing expense that drives growth.

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Mills Scofield

MAY 29, 2013

Get on board - start by reading the book (use the code FRIENDS for free shipping), listening to Victor’s TEDxWindyCity talk and checking out his new “school”, The Experience Institute. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. Victor has hacked his MBA and learned more than he would have in school.

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 10, 2022

Radhika Dutt presents a different approach in her book Radical Product Thinking. In a growing economy where credit was plentiful, the tech industry has repeatedly chanted the innovation mantra “Fail fast, learn fast.” Methodologies such Lean Startup and Agile have taught us to innovate faster by harnessing the power of iteration.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 18, 2014

It starts with the corporate strategy, and includes marketing strategy, and the all-important human resource strategy. In marketing, great branding steers clear of multi-benefits; one clear, compelling benefit will find a place in busy minds. That singularity continues to deliver outstanding shareholder value.

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Decker Communication

APRIL 5, 2023

The response I was met with was open and curious. News of layoffs at the world’s premier companies dominate the headlines, their impact exacerbated by geopolitical and financial markets turmoil. And you can’t have an innovative, engaged, confident team without fully activating workplace trust. I was respectful but direct.

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Mike Cardus

JULY 4, 2023

This implies that a broken switch can be reset through a consultant, coach, or book intervention. This requires fostering a culture of open communication and collaboration, where different ideas can be shared and examined. This requires an open-minded approach that values flexibility, adaptability, and continuous learning.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 19, 2022

It’s nearly a decade since Northwestern’s Robert Gordon pondered whether sclerotic innovation was causing the death of economic growth as we had come to know it. An explanation comes in the form of a paper from Northwestern’s Mark Buchanan, in which he highlights what is known as recombinative innovation.

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LDRLB

APRIL 23, 2012

Soren is the Managing Principal of InnovationPoint, an Adjunct Professor within the Imagineering Academy at NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences in The Netherlands and the author of the new book Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs. The other domain is leadership.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 27, 2020

If the numbers show that your product category isn’t doing as well as it once did in Market Z, is there an emerging opportunity because the market still has potential and competition will be reduced because of this data?”. Within many organizations, highly innovative, potentially game-changing ideas are born regularly.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Innovation has always been culturally synonymous with ‘the latest and greatest’, the ‘next big thing’, and on the surface this true. Companies like to rollout their innovations at trade shows and industry events to garner attention and praise for their good work. Be purposeful in defining value creation for your innovation practice.

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LDRLB

APRIL 23, 2012

Soren is the Managing Principal of InnovationPoint, an Adjunct Professor within the Imagineering Academy at NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences in The Netherlands and the author of the new book Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs. Provide an innovation vision – Create a vision for innovation.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 15, 2015

How is 'conversion' defined – opening the email? Wrong Time : Content is useful only at the time it's needed and won't be opened otherwise, even if your solution is needed later. Content marketing can help prospective buyers dispense suitable information 1. I get anywhere from 40-51% conversion with my content marketing.

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 8, 2023

I remember reading once that the can opener came almost 50 years after the tin can. Apparently, it takes time for innovation to ultimately find it’s true destination. Penicillin was invented in 1928, but didn’t arrive on the market for mass use until 1945. We should not be afraid of small doses of innovation.

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