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Innovation is Everybody’s Business

Leading Blog

Innovation is within each of us. If we are going to be an innovator, we need to have a healthy relationship with change. Change is an opportunity to innovate. Tamara Ghandour defines innovation as “thinking differently about what’s right in front of you to create an advantage” in her book Innovation is Everybody’s Business.

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Can Corporate Secrecy Bolster Innovation?

The Horizons Tracker

Research from Chicago Booth highlights how disclosing too much information can be harmful to profits, however, as it can damage the innovative capabilities of the firm. These results provide causal evidence that disaggregated CoS is likely to reduce investments in cost innovations specifically,” the researchers explain.

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Motivation At Work Is A Collective Endeavor

The Horizons Tracker

Often when we consider what motivates us at work, our thoughts take on a very individual tone. Research from George Mason University School of Business suggests this is a mistake, and that our partnerships with others at work play a crucial role as a motivating force.

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The Best Way to Boost Employee Motivation

Lead from Within

If you want your employees to have more stamina and drive, the best place to start is by learning what motives them. It means working to understand and address the inner drivers that will boost their motivation. The best leaders understand that they play a critical role in their employees’ motivation. Photo Credit: iStockPhotos.

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Innovate Forward

Leading Blog

Technology is the raw material that 21st-century innovators need to build new business capabilities, to develop exciting new products and services, and to create workarounds for the physical distancing measures we will likely endure for the foreseeable future. I NNOVATION has always been important. New technology will change the way we work.

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How Good Leadership Can Impact Employees’ Innovative Behavior

Leading Blog

There’s increasing pressure on organizations to be more competitive, and leaders need to have the right skills to influence employees’ innovative behavior. Besides helping them better handle workplace-related challenges, leaders evoke innovation and creativity and inspire them to reach their full potential.

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Why Cash Might Not Motivate Employees

The Horizons Tracker

The study suggests that tangible rewards are motivational to employees when they’re unexpected, pleasurable, easy to use, and distinct from our salary. “We found that there is, at best, mixed evidence regarding the motivational efficacy of tangible rewards versus cash rewards,” the researchers explain.