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Gap’s Chief Innovation Officer Recognizes Connection Required to Innovate

Michael Lee Stallard

Here’s a video of Polly LaBarre at MIX interviewing Ivy Ross, Gap’s Chief Innovation Officer , about the need for connection to innovate. To learn more about “Connection Cultures&# download the Connection Culture Manifesto published by changethis.com.

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Navigator Newsletter #180

Chart Your Course

The amazing thing is there are lots of innovative employees who have great ideas, but most of them go untapped. Create a system to learn and apply new knowledge, trends and ideas through evaluation, study and innovation. Just imagine if Steve Jobs was your employee and he suggested this idea for a computerized tablet called the Ipad.

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The Myth of the Self-Made Executive: Embracing Collaboration and Assistance

Rich Gee Group

Collaboration breeds innovation. Publicly Acknowledge Your Team - Whether in a meeting, on social media, or in a company newsletter, take the time to publicly acknowledge the people making a difference. Join or Form a Mastermind Group - Surround yourself with people who challenge you and push you to be better.

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Leadership Lessons from the Titanic | Navigator Newsletter #184

Chart Your Course

Ranking is good for command and control, but not good for change and innovation. The post Leadership Lessons from the Titanic | Navigator Newsletter #184 appeared first on Leadership Speaker | Motivational Leadership Speaker | Greg Smith: Chart Your Course International. Rank Has Its Privileges? Ranking people limits their potential.

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10 Steps to Create An Employee Newsletter That Delivers

leaderCommunicator

Innovation is often powerful when it comes to communications, and so is the tried and true. A printed or electronic newsletter can be an effective means of breaking through the clutter by bringing timely and valuable information to employees where they’re at – whether that’s in front of a computer, on a mobile device, or in the field.

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Five Ways to Build Your Strategic Muscles

Next Level Blog

One of the constants in my more than two decades of executive coaching is the desire and need to build the muscles required to develop and execute competitive and innovative strategies. If you’re reading via my newsletter, send me a note. It came up with a client again as recently as this month. What did I miss?

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Top 20 Innovation Articles of January 2020

Innovation Excellence

Drum roll please… At the beginning of each month we will profile the twenty posts from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Innovation Excellence. We also publish a weekly Top 8 as part of our FREE email newsletter. Did your favorite make the cut? But enough delay, here are January’s twenty most.

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