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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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Celebrating 25 Years of Innovation and Impact: Reflecting on Our Journey

MatrixG

If you want to read about the first 10 years at Matrix Group, here’s a blog post I wrote back in 2009 ! The post Celebrating 25 Years of Innovation and Impact: Reflecting on Our Journey appeared first on Matrix Group International. Although I love to take photos and videos, I’m not actually one to spend a lot of time looking back.

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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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The Results of Management Innovation

Jamie Notter

The Results of Management Innovation. In a recent post I challenged everyone to consider innovating management , rather than just our products, services, or business models. That implies, of course, that if we actually do management innovation, we will be solving a problem. Moneyball and Management Innovation. Website. {

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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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Moneyball and Management Innovation

Jamie Notter

Moneyball and Management Innovation. That is the promise of management innovation. The Results of Management Innovation. Want Innovation? Moneyball and Management Innovation | Humanize | Scoop.it. December 2009 (8). November 2009 (7). October 2009 (8). September 2009 (8). July 2009 (7).