Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

No technology or rote process can give you the “correct” plan – BUT a solid process for planning can guide you to the best plan for your team and you. Shawn Cyne, Author of Brainsteering, tells us to forget the brainstorming. It’s much more effective to direct our creative energy by Brainsteering.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Deming 248

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

A recent McKinsey report found that while 84% of corporate executives think innovation is key to achieving growth objectives, only 6% are satisfied with the innovation performance of their firm. Even if executives try to prioritize it, innovation often gets crowded out by more “urgent” short-term pressures.

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Innovation P&L ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

The inability of established firms to come up with breakthrough innovations is a truism today. Joseph Schumpeter, the 20 th century economist known for heralding the role of innovation in the evolution of society, argued that established firms were best positioned to innovate because of the resources available to them.

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Innovation Strategy Company Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2011

Innovation, in word and deed, has been a golden calf of the business world for decades. Now the concept has taken on a second life in the social sector, where a tougher than tough economy has made "innovation" the theoretical one-size fits all answer for every challenge, with little discussion about the associated costs and challenges.

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Innovation Incubator Short-term Godin 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2013

Jamming has become a popular way to unearth innovations — bringing together people of many different backgrounds to creatively brainstorm around a company's competitive challenges, expressed as "problem statements." If your company is one, you may be interested in our experience at the European Center for Strategic Innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2018

I spent eight years failing to act on an innovative idea that I knew would work. It was an idea that had not just technological promise but also societal value. So, I assumed it would be a waste of time and energy for me. Leading a Brainstorming Session with a Cross-Cultural Team. AlasdairJames/Getty Images. I was wrong.

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Creativity Brainstorming Innovation Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Chances are, you’ll find some secret passion, pursued outside of office hours, into which they pour their creative energies. They just aren’t applying those energies to their day jobs. Leading a Brainstorming Session with a Cross-Cultural Team. Empower Your People with Technology. You and Your Team Series.

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Creativity Team Film Technology 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

The most painfully awkward debates I hear in ostensibly innovative organizations revolve around "crazy ideas." Defining those crazy zones is one of the most difficult but more important cultural decisions innovation leadership teams can make. When unexpected challenges arise, what ideas are acceptably crazy? Which ideas are too crazy?

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Outsourcing Management Core Competence Competitive Advantage 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2013

Hackathons have tremendous potential to create disruptive technologies, attract young talent, and identify leaders. They are going to form teams with people they may have never met before, brainstorm together, generate at least a proof-of-concept prototype product, and then publically disclose it, all in the course of one weekend.

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Participative Licensing Innovation Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2011

One of the driving principles of the Harvard Business Review/McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation is that everyone wins when everyone shares. As you design your hack or start to think about your innovation story, the first question to ask yourself is: does it tackle a root cause or a deeply embedded pathology of organizations?

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Management Short-term How To Strategic Planning 14