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212: Building a Courageous Culture that Facilitates Innovation and Problem-Solving | with Karin Hurt

Engaging Leader

She provides leadership development programs for organizations around the world. A former Verizon Wireless executive, she has over two decades of experience in customer service, sales, and human resources. Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Book: Courageous Cultures . Idea incubator guide (with pre-ordering).

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213: Dealing with Challenging Employees when Building Courageous Culture | with Karin Hurt

Engaging Leader

She provides leadership development programs for organizations around the world. A former Verizon Wireless executive, she has over two decades of experience in customer service, sales, and human resources. Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Book: Courageous Cultures . Idea incubator guide (with pre-ordering).

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Accelerators Need To Do More To Foster Connections

The Horizons Tracker

Incubators and accelerators have become highly pervasive around the world, as countries seek to cultivate the kind of innovations that drive economic growth. The research examined 56,000 patents granted between 1969 and 2012 from American universities with incubator programs. Making connections.

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What Makes a Company Great at Producing Leaders?

Harvard Business Review

GE is well known as an “academy company” — a talent incubator that exports effective leaders to other organizations and even industries.

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The Myth of the Intrapreneur

Harvard Business Review

The experience of the typical intrapreneur looks less like Spencer Silver, who developed the Post-It note while at 3M, and more like Steven Sasson, the engineer at Kodak who invented the portable digital camera. Lastly, companies need (8) skills and talent that are differentiated from traditional R&D or new product development roles.

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Bring Back the General Manager

Harvard Business Review

Two decades ago, organizations were designed around stand-alone business units, so all managers had to understand finance, technology, manufacturing, sales, marketing, strategy, human resources, and more. Finally, carve out innovation incubators that will serve not only to build new businesses but also to grow general managers.

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How to Find and Hire the Right Digital Talent for Your Organization - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DXC TECHNOLOGY

Harvard Business Review

Incubators/accelerators/catapults – Create or sponsor an organization or space that supports startups. You must be clear about why you are participating, and set up to maximize that benefit – for example, rotating internal staff through the incubator.