Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

D ISRUPTION is happening in even the most stalwart industries, leading business leaders scrambling to create a culture of innovation in their organizations. The techniques of improvisational comedy can provide important lessons for developing a innovation mindset. Those unexpected connections are what lead to innovation.

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Leadership Freak

MAY 31, 2013

But, disruption “gone wild” destroys your capacity to build the future. People make fun of the “innovation of the […]. Change Leading Marks of leaders Taking others higher Innovation Leadership organizational success' Successful disruption: Disruption makes new futures possible.

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LDRLB

OCTOBER 4, 2011

I’ve just finished reading another good article about an innovator’s need to open the mind. Articles like these always make me wonder: Doesn’t the other 95% of the business need to innovate, too? Their reactivity drags down whatever innovations do arise, and it’s really too bad. Overcome orthodoxies.

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leaderCommunicator

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

And to others, anything social media falls in what they believe is the age of experimentation: the “Wild West” of the Internet. While I’m a big proponent of innovating with social media strategies, the days of the Wild West are – in a word -- over.

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LDRLB

OCTOBER 4, 2011

I’ve just finished reading another good article about an innovator’s need to open the mind. Articles like these always make me wonder: Doesn’t the other 95% of the business need to innovate, too? Their reactivity drags down whatever innovations do arise, and it’s really too bad. Overcome orthodoxies.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 18, 2019

A pendulum tends to swing too far at first, and pretty soon we were in the second Wild, Wild West. And today, especially in tech companies, every mission involves innovation, and every innovation requires speed because of all the competition. They were just crazily developing things, business model be damned.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

The more people you have thinking strategically, even at the frontlines, the more innovative and dynamic your company will be. Instead invest in your highly talent managers and teach them the art of strategy. It’s a win-win. How Help a Manager Become More Strategic. Help them visualize what you’re talking about.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Is c onstantly encouraging innovation and new ways to make the work more effective and efficient. Partnering up team members as peer support to help one another. An Example. Here’s what such an informal competency could look like in the call center director world. A Wildly Passionate Commitment to the Customer Experience.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The reality is that creativity in your career environment is derived from both the need to solve a problem and the desire to avoid or solve future problems (which often leads to innovation). This is the essence of creativity, although it goes well beyond problem-solving. To be a wildly successful visionary, you must not fear creativity.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020.

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Leading Blog

MAY 8, 2012

The book is divided into five fundamental, make-or-break issues that will determine whether your organization thrives or dives in the years ahead: values, innovation, adaptability, passion and ideology. Innovation Matters Now. Here are some of his thoughts that become more powerful as they sink in: Values Matter Now.

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Career Advancement

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Trevor wanted his people to be pillars of innovation and creativity. When he came to me for coaching around innovation, he mentioned how fearful his team was in taking risks and possibly touching failure. It’s most fitting to celebrate failures related to innovation, rather than execution, Harvard Business Review points out.

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Building Personal Strength

MARCH 25, 2011

His drive to achieve in class and in sports kept him on mostly on track during the wild ride of his teen journey. He was busy "sowing wild oats," experimenting with drugs until he dropped out of high school. As his innovations came on line, management decided they didn't want to lose his talent, so they made him a vice-president.

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Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 15, 2010

When Catmull’s name was announced to receive an Oscar for his lifetime of work in computer animation, the crowd went wild, whistling and whooping. And because they are more engaged, Pixar employees put more effort in their work, are more trusting and more cooperative, all factors that affect productivity, quality and innovation.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

Rising leaders might be testing the waters to see where they stand with you before tossing out a remarkably innovative idea or strategic question. Rising leaders may seem like they’re ready to run wild, but they might not actually know-how. What’s not being said in your meetings? Where is there room to roam?

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2024

Through innovative strategies, he successfully transformed the culture, propelling his submarine's ranking and retention from last place to first place in the Pacific Fleet within a remarkable two-year period. When he assumed command of the USS Texas, the ship ranked at the bottom of its squadron and faced recurring safety issues.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 31, 2018

That doesn’t mean that a river crossing couldn’t be constructed by non-experts and that it could be effective and innovative. ’ I am reflecting and considering the possibility that we need to listen to experts, consider laymen, embrace wild ideas and make our own disruptive choices.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

A fantastic way to build up and into Millennials is to let them run wild in the fields of creativity. Spencer Johnson’s classic leadership fable, watch this 4 min.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

It is simply a more intelligent approach to consistently manage brand exposure than it is to let your brand run wild and then attempt to triage overexposure. Once a brand’s appeal begins to erode, it will require significant time and expense to recover. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 8, 2010

Effective leadership, employee engagement and employee motivation are closely linked to the alignment of behavior with personal values. In the case of clergy, putting a muzzle on pastors so they are unable to preach in a way that is consistent with their values is a sure path to burnout. why is everyone smiling?

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 15, 2024

And, a father, a husband, and a wildly curious learner who is dedicated to ensuring iconic brands become iconic companies.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 17, 2014

Innovation never comes from chaotic interruption. Recently in Davos , Marissa Meyer, CEO of Yahoo smiled and shared that she checks her mobile device over a hundred and fifty times a day -- as though that many interruptions (within a work day) in her leadership rhythm and ability to focus were some badge of honor.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Failure supports innovation and improvement. Wild conditions are the time when paddling firmly with intention can establish momentum and create a welcome sense of stability during the turbulence. She consults with organizations to develop and deploy innovative instructional designs and training programs. Mistakes fuel progress.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 5, 2010

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 24, 2014

David Burkus is the author of The Myths of Creativity: The Truth About How Innovative Companies and People Generate Great Ideas. David is Assistant Professor of Management at the College of Business at Oral Roberts University, where he teaches courses on leadership, creativity, strategy, and organizational behavior.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

And creating an innovative culture: Real innovation comes not from top-down pronouncements and narrowly defined tasks. It comes from hiring innovators focused on the big picture who can orient themselves within a problem and solve it without having their hand held the whole time. Notice that I used the word “approaching.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 24, 2023

Future success and innovation require genuine conversation, even when it’s hard. If your good team’s results are the outcome of a deliberate strategy, well executed. Congratulations! Keep creating that clarity and focus on what matters most and support your team to get there.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Most people assume that successful entrepreneurs are created solely based on how innovative and groundbreaking their new idea is. We fantasize about coming up with that invention or idea that solves a gargantuan problem for a lot of people and therefore is the main driver that propels businesses to be wildly successful.

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Mills Scofield

AUGUST 7, 2012

This phrase was drilled into my head as a kid when I learned to sail, leaving the secure confines of our harbor for the big wild sea. Every business, organization, entrepreneur, C-suiter, yes, humans need ballast - guiding principles, missions and core values to help navigate the big wild sea.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 18, 2021

Before they even get started down the path of innovation, they decide coming up with fresh ideas and/or securing funding isn’t in their wheelhouse. That family recipe people always ask you to bring came to life because someone decided to innovate along the way. You might be an entrepreneur after all if….

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First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Karl Ronn is the managing director of Innovation Portfolio Partners. Based in Palo Alto, he helps Fortune 500 companies create new businesses or helps entrepreneurs start category creating new companies. He is a cofound VC-backed Butterfly Health that sells Butterfly body liners nationally.

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Paul shared a string of fabulous ideas and techniques to help everyone be more effective at both problem solving and innovation. He said that when striving for innovation, leaders should think like venture capitalists. Consider these five action steps: Look for lots of innovative ideas in your area of need.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 24, 2024

You know, those official records you give to the government, showing off your fresh, practical, and innovative creation. Here’s the catch, though—most sci-fi authors can’t snag patents for their own wild ideas because the gadgets they dream up usually can’t be made at the time they describe them.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Open Strategy : Mastering Disruption from Outside the C-Suite by Christian Stadler, Julia Hautz, Kurt Matzler, and Stephan Friedrich von den Eichen (The MIT Press 2021) Why are some of the world’s most successful companies able to stay ahead of disruption, adopting and implementing innovative strategies, while others struggle?

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Engaging Leader

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

They create the openness, engagement, and collective thinking that drives innovation and greater business success. High-performing organizations take advantage of goal management to encourage cross-functional alignment and team contributions. There are five key pillars to goal management: Connected.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Karl Ronn is the managing director of Innovation Portfolio Partners. Based in Palo Alto, he helps Fortune 500 companies create new businesses or helps entrepreneurs start category creating new companies. He is a co-founder of VC-backed Butterfly Health that sells Butterfly body liners nationally.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 1, 2012

The difference to conventional branding is this: “cult” imagery and the “buzz” created by breakthrough marketing execution that continues to drive Red Bull’s distinctive image. . Red Bull’s initial target market was the college crowd. Without a large budget, Mateschitz relied on sampling students to create word-of-mouth awareness.

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