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Are You an Innovator or a Producer?

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Are Innovation and Production at Odds? HBR posted a good article recently about Why Managers Don’t Really Want to Innovate. The article pointed out that most companies are not willing to devote time to innovation because innovative time steals from production time. The same can be said of innovation.

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Blogging Elsewhere: Early May 2011

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It’s Time to Award Innovation in Associations. Tagged: Association , Community , Innovation , Membership , Twitter , Volunteers , Web and Social Media. Only 53% of that group check Twitter once a week or more for updates. How do your members compare? Read more at Avectra…. ASAE and state SAE award criteria are predictable.

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You’ve Got to Read This: September 20, 2011

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This is a big week in the association management industry — the week of Innovation Talks , aka #asaeinnov. I wrote about innovation in associations last week for the Avectra blog and will have another post on Wednesday about how Disney encourages an innovative culture. I think I’ve done at least six of them.

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You’ve Got to Read This: September 13, 2011

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Are you sick of hearing about innovation? Although a buzz word, innovation is healthy for organizations. Frank Fortin , Chief Digital Strategist at the Massachusetts Medical Society, discovered The Sexiness of Unsexy Innovation. I hope not. photo by Fergus Ray Murray (Flickr).

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The Trick to Innovating with Gen Y

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How Do You Innovate With Millennials? Innovating with millennials sounds like a no-brainer. While they have the enthusiasm, they may need the goals of your innovation to be laid out for them. Another way to capitalize on their exuberance and get them innovating is by placing them in charge of the “little things.”

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You’ve Got to Read This: February 10, 2011

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Innovation starts with self-critique (which is why it’s so rare) , says Peter Linett. His litmus test for innovation: “I ask myself whether it feels like it was designed by that kind of institution, within its traditions, values, and personality — its comfort zone. Image by Nick Bygon.

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You’ve Got to Read This: January 18, 2011

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Yes, it would be great if staff had the right mindset for innovation. Tagged: Association , Conference , Innovation , Marketing , Social Networking , Web and Social Media , Writing. Creating the organizational culture that will bring about these changes? That’s the challenge. Take for instance #2, Mindset.