Management Excellence

JANUARY 5, 2011

Idea generation is core to everything we do in our organizations. It's too bad that we've been going about it all wrong!

Idea Generation 68

Idea Generation Organization Education Strategy 68

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 21, 2024

New research from ESMT Berlin has found that people judge the potential of an idea differently depending on how developed it is. In the early stages, they tend to focus on the reputation of the person behind the idea and how well it’s presented, even though these factors don’t predict success.

Innovation 117

Innovation Reputation Maturity Idea Generation 117

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Creativity and innovation are increasingly collaborative processes, but ensuring the right people are involved at the right stage is crucial to success. Research from Bocconi University suggests that the best approach might be to create ideas in the company of strangers and then develop those ideas with people you know well.

Development 78

Development Idea Generation Creativity Construction 78

Mike Cardus

APRIL 5, 2020

You have developed a quick form or documented process to capture what is working to increase and what is not working to decrease while the work of your team(s) is getting done. You, or your organization, have defined its 2 to 4 priorities to focus on during this time.

Construction 180

Construction Public Relations Idea Generation Document 180

The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 8, 2021

When it comes to innovation, it’s tempting to think that the latest and greatest technologies are required to facilitate the creative process. What’s more, if these employees are recognized for their efforts and encouraged to develop their skills then their innovative output rises yet further. ” Common tech.

Creativity 98

Creativity Idea Generation Technology Information Technology 98

Management Excellence

MARCH 27, 2022

There's little doubt creativity is vital in the workplace, and that idea generation is the enabler of creative problem solving and innovation. The better our teams and colleagues are at generating ideas, the better the odds of surviving and thriving in our topsy-turvy world.

Creativity 98

Creativity Idea Generation Team Innovation 98

Mike Cardus

JULY 2, 2013

How can you ensure that people’s ideas are heard and respected? Corporate Team Building Creativity Innovation Leadership Leadership Coaching Management Organization Development Problem Solving Solution-Focused bad manager coaching executive coaching idea generation Managerial Leadership'

Management 141

Management Idea Generation Executive Coaching Self-aware 141

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

L EADERSHIP development is a lifelong process. Creative Construction : The DNA of Sustained Innovation by Gary P. Pisano (PublicAffairs, 2019) The conventional wisdom is that only disruptive, nimble startups can innovate; once a business gets bigger and more complex corporate arteriosclerosis sets in. There's a better way.

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Books Leadership P&L Learning-by-Doing 267

Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 19, 2016

Creativity is essential for innovation. Unfortunately, we don’t drift toward creativity and innovation. First, we must recognize the need to foster a team approach to creativity and innovation. Third, creativity and innovation increase when certain processes and practices are in place. Definition of Creativity.

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Creativity Hotels Diversity Innovation 150

Innovation Excellence

JANUARY 8, 2016

Innovation will only be as successful as the number of high-quality ideas available to inspire, inform, and guide the process.

Brainstorming 76

Brainstorming Idea Generation Quality Innovation 76

Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Gathering information and different perspectives may actually inhibit innovation. Therefore, collaboration involving lots of idea generation from multiple sources does not work for many projects. Develop all employees to be self leaders. This last argument, although true, misses the point. Nurture safety and trust.

Brainstorming 150

Brainstorming Open-book Project Idea Generation 150

Innovation Excellence

MAY 7, 2020

With Mother’s day around the corner and a lot of us moms in lockdown (some wondering if we will even get our annual token lunch) we could all use some innovation hacks to cope with boredom, homeschooling and the compulsions of career transitions. Now, I am classically six sigma certified and innovation trained. 3) Too many choices.

Innovation 55

Innovation Six Sigma Agility Benchmarking 55

Change Starts Here

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

ABC Corp has a vision to become a more innovative company. The outcome of a key change initiative is to add more innovative products to its portfolio. For ABC Corp, the initiative will focus mainly on the new product development process, especially the idea generation phase.

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Wilde Idea Generation Morale Process 95

Coaching Tip

JULY 3, 2013

With knowledge workers , you can’t develop and maintain an exceptional, consistently high-performing team without focusing first on what drives the team’s behaviors and actions at the root level,” says Ann Herrmann-Nehdi, CEO of Herrmann International. How do they contribute to desired outcomes, and where are there gaps in our thinking? •

Team 90

Team White Paper Business Objectives Long-term 90

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

For instance, research from Bocconi University suggests that the best way to be creative and innovative is to create ideas in the company of strangers and then develop those ideas with people you know well. All of that can indeed be true, but we don’t want our organizations to be homogenous.

Decentralization 126

Decentralization Construction Restructuring Tools 126

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Research from the University of Illinois portrayed interruptions in a slightly more positive light, as when we’re interrupted, we also get to interact with the person doing the interrupting, which helps us to develop crucial social ties.

Supply Chain 114

Supply Chain Incubator Creativity Objective 114

Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Other successful companies build upon social interaction to develop innovative concepts leading to disruptive product and service developments. In truth, success depends on two factors-what a person knows, his or her human capital, and the network of relationships he or she has developed, the person''s social capital.".

Social Capital 77

Social Capital Cialdini Competitive Advantage Human Capital 77

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 2, 2023

Recent research from Bocconi University highlighted that we often develop the best ideas when we work with people we don’t know well, but then we develop those ideas most effectively with people we know well.

Diversity 130

Diversity Team Bond Education 130

Building Personal Strength

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

These apply to all employees, whether managers or their direct reports: communicate effectively in writing, defuse negative emotions, express feelings constructively, handle customer phone calls, interpret nonverbal behavior, listen to understand, facilitate dialogue, present a persuasive argument, request feedback, accept feedback, give positive feedback, (..)

Skills 104

Skills Construction Goleman Emotional Intelligence 104

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 29, 2019

Is your business struggling to come up with a new idea or innovation to solve the latest industry challenge? If you’re not too proud to admit defeat and seek inspiration and ideas from elsewhere, you might find that crowdsourcing is a breakthrough concept that can help you to break new ground and potentially disrupt a market.

Project 50

Project Idea Generation Long-term Brainstorming 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Organizations need to have dozens, maybe hundreds, of individual experts, fully capable of idea generation and innovative thought. In turn, these experts must be encouraged to drill down deep in their own specializations, develop plans and strategies, and share them with the rest of the organization.

Decentralization 58

Decentralization Idea Generation Content Execution 58

Innovation Excellence

MARCH 18, 2016

Manuel Kaiser interview Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph about his new book, and how innovative firms generate new ideas and develop successful business models. Continue reading →

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Books Review Business Model Innovation 40

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

How do Google, Facebook and IDEO jumpstart the process that leads to innovation? It's not complicated: The "how might we" approach to innovation ensures that would-be innovators are asking the right questions and using the best wording. Often by using the same three words: How Might We. or completely re-imagine Y.

Innovation 22

Innovation Creativity Cooper Idea Generation 22

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2011

That's the number of invention methodologies my colleagues and I have perused in the course of assembling what we call The World Database of Innovation. Strapped for cash in an era of marketing budget cuts, they make innovative use of new — and cheaper — media. This is not merely a logical theory.

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Altshuller TRIZ Innovation Constraint 17

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2010

These days, you're as likely to see "innovative" on any given job description as you are to see "strong communication skills" or "team player." But how do you hire innovators ? What exactly are you looking for , and more importantly, how do you identify the ability to innovate ?

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Innovation Chief Operating Officer Christensen Objective 16

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Interestingly however, pairings of introverts and open individuals seemed to perform worst of all, with the ideas generated by these pairs rated 25% lower on average. Nonetheless, if you want to develop good ideas from such small teams, it may pay you to consider the personalities of those you put together.

Brainstorming 45

Brainstorming Succession Participative Idea Generation 45

HR Digest

DECEMBER 11, 2023

If you’ve noticed workers at your organization make unanimous decisions every single time regardless of the issue, then there are signs of groupthink at your workplace and it’s likely stifling innovation and creativity. But what is groupthink?

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Groupthink Janis How To Training 52

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2018

Despite good intentions—and widespread acceptance of the importance of innovation—efforts to innovate at large companies often lack a clear mission and framework, and as a result, they go off the rails. At Samsung, the other aspects of the innovation process are relatively well managed at the operating level.

Innovation 14

Innovation Incubator Stage-Gate Idea Generation 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

workforce — and companies will increasingly grapple with how to accelerate the development of those individuals for leadership positions. The study examined the management and development preferences of America’s young and rising corporate leaders. What does being an entrepreneur mean and what does that look like?

Development 15

Development Participative Conference Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

This dangerous obstacle to innovation is described by Nilofer Merchant in The New How as “the empty void in an organization between the high-level strategy conjured up in the stratosphere and the realization of that vision down on the ground.”. This is a fairly typical profile of innovation capability within a large firm.

Strategy 11

Strategy Innovation Execution Idea Generation 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

In the Economist review of our book, The Innovator's DNA , the reviewer wondered whether genius-level innovators such as Marc Benioff, Jeff Bezos, and Steve Jobs challenge the idea that working adults can really learn how to think differently and become innovators. Innovators excel at connecting the unconnected.

How To 20

How To Creativity Innovation Disruptive Innovation 20

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

I recently spent a couple days inside a large financial services company with a team that had been tasked with developing disruptive ideas. The team had been together for three weeks and had already come up with dozens of ideas. It's natural for people pursuing innovation to jump into idea-generation mode.

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Power Constraint Transportation Price 16

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

There it was again in the Wall Street Journal on August 29: a beloved and uplifting, but unfortunately not effective, approach to driving growth through innovation. The idea is that companies need to encourage innovation from everyone and at every level in the organization. There are "innovation boot camps."

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Strategic Fit Innovation Idea Generation 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2018

Only a relatively small group of employees submitted ideas through the system, which required them to prove the economic advantage of their ideas through a lengthy and complicated process. Over time, employees learned that developing and submitting new ideas was not worth the effort. As a result, innovation can stall.

Creativity 15

Creativity How To System Motivation 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2013

Over the past four years, we''ve developed a well-defined set of principles that guide our annual "challenge," (lauded by Bill Clinton in TIME magazine as one of the top five initiatives changing the world for the better) that produces original and actionable ideas to solve social issues. Insist on low barriers to entry.

Participative 12

Participative Innovation Guidelines Idea Generation 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2015

The fear of getting Netflix-ed or Uber-ized is spurring big companies to dial up their investment in innovation. But as investment increases, many companies are struggling with a challenging question: how do you know whether your chosen innovation strategy is actually bearing fruit? Number of projects in the innovation pipeline.

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Metrics Innovation Company Stage-Gate 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2013

Immigrants were responsible for significant innovation in the manicure business: They developed the idea of the stand-alone, inexpensive nail salon, which stimulated demand, which led to wage increases, which led to further economic growth. Feed Your Employees'' Minds and Bodies Innovation Excellence.

Advertising 15

Advertising Idea Generation Innovation Diversity 15