How to Execute Innovation Successfully

Innovation is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Thomas Edison Why Innovation Efforts Fail I’ll probably get in trouble with my wife on this post about executing innovation (since she reads and critiques all of my posts), but I am a brave man (and we have been married long enough) so I’ll venture on.  My wife…

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How to Create a Culture of Innovation in Your Organization

Some companies like 3M, Proctor & Gamble, Google, and Apple are known for their cultures of innovation. Emerging markets are also fertile ground for innovation in this global environment. Innovate or become obsolete is the new reality of business in this new millennium.It is not easy to create a culture that promotes innovation where one has…

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Innovation: How Does Google Do It?

Learning from what others have done before us is the foundation of human progress. After all, who wants to reinvent the wheel, when it already exists?  It’s better to come up with different and better uses for the wheel. To learn how to create an environment that encourages everyday innovation, it makes sense to listen…

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How to Stifle Creativity and Innovation

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If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn’t thinking! General George Patton The quickest way for a manager or leader to stifle innovative and creative thinking is for the leader to discourage the team from disagreeing with each other.  The other quick method for stifling breakthrough thinking is for the leader to always insist that “things…

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