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Thanks For Playing: Always the Last to Know: 50 Most Innovative.

Thanks For Playing

Always the Last to Know: 50 Most Innovative Companies. The cover story for the latest issue of MITs Technology Review is the periodic 50 Most Innovative Companies. Start With the "Why" Always the Last to Know: 50 Most Innovative Compan. ► 2009. ► 2009. The Grassroots Innovation Leader.

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What if associations required every staffer to cold-call one member each week just to connect and listen?

Spark Consulting

I am reupping this post from 2009 with only minor edits, because every word of it remains true. It stifles innovation, because people think “cover your ass” not “come up with and try amazing new idea.” What if EVERY staff member had to talk to members on a regular basis? Or whatever. It’s pointless.

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Want Innovation? Look at Management

Jamie Notter

Want Innovation? There was a time in the not-too-distant past when the people who were advocating for innovation in organizations were considered a bit on the fringe. Maybe they were the technology geeks–because that’s where we assumed innovation happened, at the product level. Look at Management. This is tempting.

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Bringing Innovation to Life

Jamie Notter

Bringing Innovation to Life. The description from the brochure: People make innovation happen. Innovation implies change, and change often pushes people’s fear button. Innovation rarely follows a predictable timeline or pattern of development. It’s innovation. Leadership insight.right when you need it.

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Association Subculture: Disruptive Innovation Coming to Nonprofits

Association Subculture

Disruptive Innovation Coming to Nonprofits. You want innovation? innovation. (6). Principled Innovation LLC. Disruptive Innovation Coming to Nonprofits. Innovation in Association Management. ► 2009. (14). ► 2009. (14). skip to main | skip to sidebar. Wednesday, September 21, 2011.

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Why Every SaaS Company Needs a Branded Customer Community

Higher Logic

This might sound like a non sequitur or a solution that’s been around for years, but customer engagement in a community today is a refreshing and powerful approach: “Community programs are compelling because their outcomes can be connected to complex business objectives like innovation, culture change, and customer retention.

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Association Subculture: Innovation in Association Management

Association Subculture

Innovation in Association Management. Deirdre Reid wrote about ASAEs Innovation Talks. WSAE is hosting their Innovation Summit right now. Host your own innovation conversations. innovation. (6). Principled Innovation LLC. Disruptive Innovation Coming to Nonprofits. ► 2009. (14).