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. Make sure it’s balanced with innovation and growth.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 26, 2024

Artificial intelligence has transformed industries, improved efficiency, and provided innovative solutions, but it also brings along a set of ethical challenges that your company can’t survive without addressing.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 26, 2021

In Susanne Madsen’s book, The Power Of Project Leadership , she recommends that you do not fall prey to these three most common traps in project management: Managing tasks, events and processes at the expense of leading people. Being reactive and focusing on the urgent rather than the important.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

How Big Things Get Done : The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between by Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner (Currency, 2023) Nothing is more inspiring than a big vision that becomes a triumphant, new reality. These are wonderful stories.

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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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LDRLB

APRIL 10, 2013

Innovation means more than just new products or services. Perhaps my favorite definition of innovation is Scott Berkun’s : “Innovation is significant positive change.”. Recently, the Institute for Corporate Productivity published a study surveying some of the top companies and people in the fields of management and innovation.

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Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

That’s what Brand Positive co-founder Sean Pillot de Chencey teaches in his book Influencers & Revolutionaries: How Innovative Trailblazers, Trends and Catalysts Are Transforming Businesses. “Insight + Ideas + Impact = Innovation.” What’s your definition of innovation? ” -Sean Pillot de Chencey. .

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Coaching Tip

MARCH 13, 2011

Google clearly hopes to recapture some of the nimbleness and innovative spirit of its early years. But the key question is: Will Project Oxygen help a grown-up Google get its start-up mojo back? PROJECT OXYGEN started with some basic assumptions. They wanted to build better bosses. And how do you do it ?”.

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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 21, 2023

A dash of unpredictability can invigorate your team, inspire innovative ideas, and drive enhanced productivity. Don't just stick to annual performance reviews; have impromptu one-on-one meetings where you discuss more than work. One week, you could empower a junior team member to lead a meeting or take charge of a small project.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 5, 2024

Digital technology is playing an increasingly important role in the employee evaluation process, with performance analysis apps allowing employees to review their colleagues. After comparing the reviews with the status of each employee, it emerged that one’s position in the business mattered.

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 28, 2016

“At the root of all change and innovation challenges is a leadership opportunity,” argues Chris Laping, in his new book, “PEOPLE BEFORE THINGS: Change isn’t and end-user problem.”. Harvard Business Review says that one of the seven skills you need to thrive in the C-suite is change management. Change Leaders.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 24, 2023

The researchers analyzed peer-reviewed data from nearly 50 journals in the physical and life science fields and found that evaluators didn’t show any noticeable bias against novelty, as has long been the fear. The researchers focused their attention on later-stage selection, as this is when projects are typically complete.

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

With both Basic and Complex failures, the chances of failures can be minimized through focus, attention, reviews and catching/correcting mistakes before it’s too late. Keep it Small “Another best practice for keeping failure as small as possible is the design of smart pilots to test new ideas before the full-scale launch of an innovation.”

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 26, 2019

For organizations, attrition is an expensive issue that takes money away from impactful progress, innovation, employee benefits, and enjoyable team activities. Over time, meetings to review objectives, responsibilities, and progress move down on the priority list for busy leaders.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Examining Harvard Business Review Press’ New Drucker Library by @brucerosenstein. E-commerce innovation in 2021 will look like what was projected for 2025 by @ValaAfshar | ZDNet. Live by Example and Inspire Others to Do the Same by @FrankSonnenberg. Start the Year Right: Grow Your Emotional Intelligence by @SteveGutzler.

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Rich Gee Group

JUNE 7, 2023

Communicate Effectively: Ensure you clearly articulate your needs, especially when working on collaborative projects. Document Your Work: Keep clear records of your contributions to each project. This evidence can be invaluable when it's time for performance reviews or if your contributions are questioned.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

It is those project initiatives that serve as the roadmap to success. It is indicative of the ways in which digital technology requirements can be buried within the details of a strategic plan: Claims Adjudication Process Redesign Project: A major P&C insurer wanted to modernize its claim handling functions.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 15, 2023

You could easily use Google’s Bard , or Google’s Gemini project , when available, as well. Sample Prompt: Review the tone of the following text and suggest adjustments for a more positive delivery: 1.3. Idea Generation: Struggling to come up with ideas for a team activity, product innovation, or rewards?

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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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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Few organizations have the appetite for change found at Facebook, Google, Amazon, and other innovative firms. Form an innovation team. The company website shares the full story of how this team delivered the new fighter jet and sparked an innovative culture at Lockheed Martin. Provide an innovation budget.

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Career Advancement

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Trevor wanted his people to be pillars of innovation and creativity. When he came to me for coaching around innovation, he mentioned how fearful his team was in taking risks and possibly touching failure. Take turns eulogizing the idea or project you’re “burying,” sharing lessons learned. “I didn’t fail 1,000 times.

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Mills Scofield

MAY 20, 2013

You can read more of his thoughts on MOOCs in Stanford Social Innovation Review as well. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. The 8-week long course started on May 1 st , and already, we’ve seen research firms, environmental advocacy groups, and small community organizations post projects.

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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. Many innovations were unplanned and unexpected.

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Art Petty

JULY 25, 2021

While I’ve not attended your business review session, I can tell you with confidence born of experience that most of these events are painful time, productivity, and morale killers. The post Leadership Caffeine™—Rethinking Your Team’s Business Reviews and Operating Approach appeared first on Management Excellence by Art Petty.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 26, 2010

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. Innovative ideas tend to require more risk than “more of the same”.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This article describes how German automaker BMW and European airline Air France have developed new approaches to managing large projects aimed at creating fundamentally new products, ideas or that profoundly alter human behaviors.

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QAspire

JUNE 5, 2013

On a long run, a manager’s real legacy is not the projects executed, but difference made in the lives of other people. Learning and extending that learning to others in an organization is not a “feel-good-nice-to-have” thing – it is a competitive strategy that helps in innovation, improvement and growth. - – – – -.

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LDRLB

MARCH 14, 2012

Drawing inspiration from the human genome project, Kates asserts that leaders need to see their system less as a group of silos and more as a living organism, which DNA that can be broken down into six basic elements: Product and service innovation. Strategy book review competitive advantage forecasting kates' Customer impact.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Team Building Activities to Try Out in 2023 Employers are constantly trying to innovate and find new team-building activities to energize the workforce and their efforts are often rewarded by a happy team. If the game is played by a team currently working together, they can frame their sentences around their project or a team.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 16, 2011

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. Far too many managers believe that depriving projects of resources will inspire innovation. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. While [.].

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 28, 2023

Granting employees a certain degree of autonomy within their roles not only instils a sense of ownership but also encourages innovation. Regular Feedback and Performance Reviews Feedback plays a pivotal role in employee development and engagement. Empowering Employees With Autonomy Empowerment is a catalyst for engagement.

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Additional focus on creating non-traditional collaborations to bring innovation and fresh eyes to how our company goes about managerial-leadership development, team building, decision making, problem-solving, and innovation. The approach combines vertical leadership development with an Action Learning philosophy.

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CO2

JANUARY 16, 2024

Research by Google’s Project Aristotle, which analyzed data from hundreds of teams, found that psychological safety, a key component of trust, is the most critical factor in high-performing teams. It’s a ripple effect that enhances collective problem-solving and innovation.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 18, 2023

Coordinated group tasks , which include review meetings, routine project work, and town halls. These tasks are often those that are crucial when we try and innovate. These tasks don’t require much teamwork, with technology playing a key supporting role.

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QAspire

AUGUST 22, 2010

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LDRLB

MARCH 14, 2012

Drawing inspiration from the human genome project, Kates asserts that leaders need to see their system less as a group of silos and more as a living organism, which DNA that can be broken down into six basic elements: Product and service innovation. Customer impact. Process design. Talent and leadership. Secret sauce. Trendability.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 22, 2023

Engaged employees are more productive, innovative, and committed to their work. Give them the opportunity to contribute ideas, take ownership of projects, and make a meaningful impact. This not only enhances engagement but also fosters a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.

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