Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

(including one that makes Radical Innovation easy) GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton You are a rolling stone, and that means you gather no moss!

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Radical Innovation Innovation Design Thinking Open Innovation 127

Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton What if a tool had the power to delight your customers, cut your costs, increase your bottom line, and maybe double your stock price? You’d use it, right? That’s precisely the power and impact of Service Design and service blueprints. Yet very few people, especially in the US, know, understand, […]

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Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 22, 2023

GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton Being a leader isn’t easy. You must BE accountable, compassionate, confident, curious, empathetic, focused, service-driven, and many other things.

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Learning Design Thinking Open Innovation Product Innovation 98

Innovation Excellence

JULY 18, 2023

GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton You are a leader. The person in charge. That means you know the answer to every question, make the right decision when faced with every choice, and act confidently when others are uncertain. Insert uproarious laughter here). Of course not. But you act like you do because […]

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How To Course Open Innovation Product Innovation 98

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2014

Scottish social entrepreneur Mick Jackson, founder of WildHearts in Action , is attempting to forge a generation that marries entrepreneurship to economic justice through microloan-based business competitions across British schools and universities that generate profits for microloans in developing countries.

Underperforming Technical Team 15

Underperforming Technical Team Social Innovation Entrepreneurship Software Developers 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Consider Ashoka , which provides start-up funding and support for social innovators worldwide. Founder Bill Drayton led the way in fostering collaborative entrepreneurship for collective social change. Building community in the for-profit world, which lacks a grand social mission, might seem daunting.

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Collaboration Entrepreneurship Groups Software Developers 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Cloud computing, social media, new professional paradigms such as social entrepreneurship, below-the-line marketing and a host of novel realities have transformed the global context for Africans with their eyes set on continental and beyond-continental scale.

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Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Many companies have a huge gap between their culture and strategy — a problem that only gets bigger in larger companies, especially when they are in transition. Management at all of these companies have a common reflex: Scream louder about goals and policies as the gap between culture and strategy widens. Continue reading →

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