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Innovate Forward

Leading Blog

Technology is the raw material that 21st-century innovators need to build new business capabilities, to develop exciting new products and services, and to create workarounds for the physical distancing measures we will likely endure for the foreseeable future. I NNOVATION has always been important. New technology will change the way we work.

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

Engaging Leader

We talk about building teams of micro-innovators, problem-solvers, and customer-advocates working together. We talk about building teams of micro-innovators, problem-solvers, and customer-advocates working together. Why can’t they see this stuff and fix it?” In […]. Why am I the only one who finds these issues?

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3 Factors Inventors Share: How to Change the World

Leading Blog

When I looked back into history to track the origins of some of the everyday innovations we take for granted today, I found that every inventor tended to embody some or all of these same traits. Marconi companies in other countries would dominate wireless transmissions for twenty years. It's a good time to innovate. * * * Peter H.

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Innovation Requires a Bias Towards Action

LDRLB

There is often a huge lag between when we first see a new idea and when we really find out what it is good for – this is when we are working through business model innovation. Consequently, the best innovation comes when we are concerned with both discovery and use. Innovation business model innovation innovation kastelle'

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Employee Growth: How to Better Support Team Member Development

Let's Grow Leaders

When I read Whitney’s new book, I was struck by how her model reflected my own journey of taking the leap from Verizon Wireless executive to entrepreneur. Their questions can lead to innovation. Optimizing your team for growth benefits from a variety of points on the curve. Have an S curve discussion with them.

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Competitive Advantage from the Bottom of the Pyramid

LDRLB

The BoP markets are a hotbed for innovation and companies that are able to mold their business models to fit within this paradigm can truly alter traditional business models. The services are provided via agents with wireless tablets who travel to remote regions in mobile vans. Innovation Sandbox” was the term coined by C.K.

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The Coming of the Clairvoyant Computer

Leading Blog

Wireless carriers predict how likely it is you will cancel and defect to a competitor — possibly before you have even conceived a plan to do so — based on factors such as dropped calls, your phone usage, billing information, and whether your contacts have already defected. The system grades as accurately as human graders.