Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2015

These free tech tools can be directly applied in a work role or used simply to build one’s creative and technical skills. This website can be used not only as a tool to share information with clients and colleagues, but also used as a resource for researching current trends in the market, company information, and other educational topics. This free application creator is an asset for any individual or business looking to communicate and innovate with the latest trend in technology.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 27, 2016

An executive at a company I work with recently told me: “W e have very creative employees who want to be innovative but find many obstacles created by the cultural opposition to it. We have to find a way to hold a mirror up to leaders so they can recognize the issue and then give them tools to overcome or at least neutralize the cultural barriers.” We spend a lot of time training and encouraging employees at all levels how to be more creative and innovation.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 23, 2015

Guest post from Rowan Gibson : Not since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution has there been a greater need to learn the art of innovation leadership. And who better to learn them from than the innovation leaders themselves? Who do we think of as innovation leaders?

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Guest post By John Sweeney: Innovation is foundational to business leadership. We empower individuals across disciplines to evaluate, orchestrate, strategize, create and hire, but most importantly, we empower others to innovate. empowerment innovation John Sweeney

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 29, 2013

Applying the tools of design thinking to help your team conquer its goals doesn''t mean hunkering down on your own with an org chart in a dimly lit office to devise the perfect execution strategy.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 26, 2016

Some time ago it was brought to my attention that I’m an innovator — the type of person whose ideas are generally pretty far ahead of the curve, before the market is ready for my innovation. ” Early Adopter vs. Early Innovator. The Innovator’s Impediments.

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Management Excellence

JUNE 10, 2015

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

There are many theories, tools, and techniques on how to make better decisions. What would happen if we abandoned all the programs, steps, and processes, and simply allowed a tool that we already possess to lead us toward what we want?

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Create Learning

JULY 26, 2012

Blocks to Creativity and Innovation. Tools to Release Creativity and Innovation from Michael Cardus. Fix-it in a way improves upon what already exists and can prove useful to people besides yourself – that is how I define Innovation. How do you define innovation?

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Create Learning

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Below is ONE Quality Tool commonly used in TRIZ that we used to begin in framing the context of our solution. Dimension Time Cost Operator (DTC) – is a tool for for seeing problems differently exploring ideas of extremes in size and cost.

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Create Learning

MAY 10, 2011

Nine-Windows in human system i.e. team building & leadership, can be used as a planning tool. Please share thoughts and what quality tools you use in the comments. Interested in learning how to use quality tools to solve problems and increase innovative planning within workplaces?

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Engaging Leader

JULY 1, 2015

You and everyone on your team has an “inner innovator,” a creative potential inside that can be unleashed and harnessed. With the right tools and a little practice, you and your team can improve your creative thinking skills. Engaging Leader™ Creativity Innovation

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Mills Scofield

JANUARY 6, 2013

By Tim Kippley: Jeff Bezos, one of the planet’s greatest innovators, once said that: “You need a culture that high-fives small and innovative ideas and senior executives [that] encourage ideas.” ” The Value of Innovation at Geneca.

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Linked 2 Leadership

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Leadership innovation happens all around us. As technology and tools improve exponentially over time, the ways that dreams come true continue to amaze. Last week, innovation took the stage at the Frankfurt Automobile Show. Coaching Corner EntrepreLeadership Leading Change business Dieter Zetsche Innovation Knowledge Management Tata Nano Dieter Zetsche, the chief executive of Daimler, sprang from the back of a Mercedes S-Class that had no one in the […].

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Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Beyond alarming questions of what is "fair" to the innovators themselves, few have considered how these human capital controls might impact the quality and quantity of innovation--and ultimately economic growth. We need diverse social and professional connections to innovate.

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Krishna De

JUNE 4, 2011

If you prefer to use software rather than a pen and pencil for your mid maps here are a few free tools to consider: - Bubble.us. - IHMC mind map tools. What other tools do you recommend and how do you use mind maps in your business?

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

If you’d like practical leadership tools with immediate results, it’s available now at Amazon. Leadership Development creativity experimentation Innovation Problem Solving risk

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Coaching Tip

MAY 29, 2015

Although true genius is rare, the capacity to innovate is inherent in everyone, says business innovation expert Rowan Gibson in his new book, "THE 4 LENSES OF INNOVATION: A Power Tool for Creative Thinking." .

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Create Learning

JUNE 12, 2013

Competitive demands require quicker, more effective and innovative problem solving. Hire Mike of Create-Learning to Think Differently & Enable Innovation within your company and team. Thinking Differently – Enabling Innovation from Michael Cardus.

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Five Reasons Stories are a Powerful Communication Tool by Kevin Eikenberry on October 11, 2010 in Leadership , Leadership Communication , Learning We all grow up with stories.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2015

Benevolent leadership is innovation on steroids. By its very nature, innovation goes beyond control. If innovation is a core strategy for your business, you need to lead from the space of asking questions that create new possibilities and new choices.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Realizing the path to innovation would require revolutionary new thinking; all three leaders grasped that it would also take a new way of coalescing and harnessing talent. Reading Collective Genius , The Innovators , Creativity, Inc. Sourcing Innovation Collaboratively.

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Mills Scofield

JUNE 16, 2013

This week''s post is by Andy Posner , Co-Founder & Executive Director of Capital Good Fund ( CGF ), a non-profit microfinance organization targeting the root causes of poverty through innovative micro-loans and personal financial coaching.

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LDRLB

JULY 17, 2012

Disruptive innovation is no longer the exception, it’s the rule. In the book, the Innovator’s DNA , Clayton Christensen and colleagues list five behaviors that characterize innovative leaders: associational thinking, questioning, observing, networking and experimenting.

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Ravi Pratap Singh

APRIL 6, 2014

Learnnovators , as the name suggests, is all about learning and innovation. Depending on the problem and the context, we come up with innovative solutions to help improve learning and performance.   C2 Workshop Innovation Leadership Learning Learnnovators

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 21, 2011

With so much of my time online, that means many of the tools that improve my productivity are applications or other online tools. Here are some of the current tools helping make me a better leader: StrengthsFinders and The Standard - I believe a leader leads best when he or she maximizes personal strengths and minimizes weaknesses. Innovation LeadershipI’m constantly attempting to be more efficient and effective with how I manage my time.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 12, 2015

They cultivate, grow, innovate and invest. Here are six tools for helping you mentally shift from being a hand-wringing denominator to a make-it-happen numerator. Numerator Tool #1: Be a great service problem solver. Numerator Tool #2: Be an Adventure Capitalist.

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LDRLB

MAY 8, 2013

All companies, whether they are successful with innovation or not, have one thing in common: they have their own “personalities.” This last week at the Front End of Innovation conference in Boston, I shared a presentation on the Strategies and Tools for Creating a Culture of Innovation.

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Managing Leadership

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

It builds on the overall trend of the arguments in the book series, which began by describing the entrepreneurial process, moved on to discuss core managerial approaches for succeeding with it, to – in the current book, “ Innovation ” – analyzing the importance of the entrepreneurial function itself to a vibrant, healthy economy. Pick up Sramana Mitra’s “ Innovation ” today, and enjoy! Book Reviews Innovation

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Create Learning

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Below is the Workshop Description and Objectives…If you would like to attend “High Performance Team Development: Quality Tools for Quality Teams” register here… OR Contact Mike with your questions / concerns and I will get back to you. _.

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LDRLB

JUNE 19, 2013

Last week FastCompany published an article called 6 Ways to Create a Culture of Innovation. I believe many leaders and organizations have finally recognized that strategic innovation isn’t about creating finely tuned processes, using new fangled methodologies, or creating 2×2 matrices.

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 27, 2010

A mirror may be a metaphor, but how is it a leadership development tool? Reply MARISI TAMBUNAN October 27, 2010 at 10:00 pm A Mirror as a Leadership Development Tool Yes sir you are right. The self assessment is one of the tool.

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Create Learning

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

Planning for ‘ How to Think Differently to Drive Results ’ … a four-day creativity & innovation program that provides participants with a toolbox of methods and skills for creativity and innovation that are instantly transferable to their work. Innovation Thinking Activity.

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Mills Scofield

MAY 29, 2013

I believe that people who master this type of education can and will gain the tools necessary to transform our world with an inventive spirit. Culture Education Experience Institute Hacking Education Higher-Ed Innovation Leap Year Project Un-Schooling

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Mills Scofield

MARCH 19, 2013

Her recent gig has been taking what is commonly regarded as The go to site for the practice of innovation, Innovation Excellence , to the next level. We’re running a content-driven permanent campaign for innovation. Innovation isn’t a buzzword.

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Create Learning

JUNE 3, 2013

The University at Buffalo School of Social Work Continuing Education Department and I are offering a 1 day – 6 hour Training workshop: Solution-Focused Change Process : Three Tools to Create Stability in Turbulent Times. Tool 2: Implementing the 5 Steps to Plan a Change.

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Mills Scofield

MAY 17, 2013

Chris is one of the most passionate people I know about innovating in the civic space where government, non-profit and for-profit intersect. Many of us who work in the civic arena – that wonderful yet perplexing place where the public, private, philanthropic and nonprofit worlds intersect – are frustrated by the lack of innovation that results in sustained positive change. As Michael Porter has said, “Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity.”

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LDRLB

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

When FastCompany published 6 Ways to Create a Culture of Innovation this last Fall, within the first few days the article received over 2000 tweets from FastCo’s page alone. The reason: their company cultures stifle innovation. Create your own symbols that reinforce innovation values.

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Create Learning

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

I am really excited and proud to be offering this Design & Innovation thinking series of workshop through Canisius Colleges’ Center for Professional Development. A highly interactive skills course transferring creative ideas into innovative practices.

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Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 11, 2010

Last week's provided great discussion on various tools and processes for innovating. Innovation3: Crowdsourcing, Tools & Culture Summit Jackie Hutter , and I did a workshop on Leading Indicators for Innovation (which I'll share soon). While there are many speakers on many topics, there are 4 I want to highlight (caution - long-ish blog!). My friend, Andrea Meyer (one of the best writers I know), opened the summit with a story about what may be [.].

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