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6 Practical Steps that Foster an Innovation Climate

Lessons from Colin Nelson’s Knowledge Session on building an environment where innovation thrives. What if your organization didn’t just “support” innovation …

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How to Share and Manage Knowledge for Innovation

Knowledge sharing and innovation In the 1970s, Walker’s Wagon Wheel Tavern sealed its role in innovation history. Its name perfectly captured what took place th…

People & Culture

4 Characteristics of a Culture of Innovation

Innovation culture is one of those terms that’s hard to define – poll 10 people on the street and we’d likely get 10 different interpretations. Yet we tend to k…

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What is Your Innovation Vision?

If there were a top ten of quotes that capture the essence of what innovation is about, this would definitely feature as one of my favorites: "Innovation is…

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The 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals - SDG 5 = Gender Equality

During the 2015 United Nations Summit, the international community adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) under the United Nations (UN). Our new blog s…

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Why Diversity Matters in Innovation Management

"Oh, I've never thought about it that way!" Have you ever said this to a friend or a colleague at work? Or has anybody ever said this to you? Probab…

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How Do You Create an Innovation Culture?

This is the second part of a two-part series in building an innovation culture. Make sure to read Part 1: What You Need to Know Before Creating an Innovation Cu…

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A culture of innovation? It all starts with hiring

Creating a culture that has a thirst for and thrives on innovation is the holy grail of business today. But it’s not as tangible, nor as easy, as creating proce…

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Indispensable Employee Attributes for Successful Innovation in Your Business

We all know that old, wooden idea suggestion box that was flamboyantly presented during the Q1 openings but ended up tucked away under someone’s desk. It starte…

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Why Failure is So Important for a Successful Innovation Strategy

What good could possibly come out of failure? Harrison Ford was a failure as an actor for years. Twelve publishers turned down J.K. Rowling's manuscript for…

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Creating the Physical Space for Innovation

Building spaces for innovation is a hot topic these days. Whether you call them innovation hubs, maker-spaces, fab-labs, accelerators or hotspots, you can hardl…

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Understanding Your Innovation Culture – A Business Insight From Swisslog

How do your company’s employees react when asked to participate in enterprise collaborative innovation? Do employees cheer enthusiastically, as they are finall…

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When Change is a Must - Put People and Context First

Anyone who has felt the ‘full force of the wind’ will know the feeling of how hard it is to keep on your feet, to stay determined to stay upright and true, to h…

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Activities To Support Your Employee Intrapreneurs

In my most recent article I talked about some different models and approaches that large organizations are taking to support intrapreneurs. As I had outlined, t…

People & Culture

Does Your Organization Have the Not Invented Here Syndrome?

Besides its recurring presence in aspirational (business) magazine story titles, the not-invented-here syndrome (NIH) - a close relative of the “let’s-reinvent-…

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3 Lessons for Innovation Managers from the Real Wolf of Wall Street

You may not have heard about Jordan Belfort before the success of Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf Of Wall Street”. That movie was based on Belfort’s own memoir abou…

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