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Empowering for Innovation
A great leader can turn people into entrepreneurs who are hungrily looking for new opportunities. The key is empowerment. By empowering people you enable them to achieve goals through their own ideas...
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Allocate Time for Innovation
One of the commonest barriers to innovation is lack of time. People are just too busy doing their day job to spend time trying new things. The common assumption is that working hard and working long...
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Innovation needs Passion
People will not follow an unenthusiastic leader. They will follow someone who has a vision and is passionate about it. Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela showed great passion...
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Two Thinking Tips for Leaders
If you run a company then you are probably burdened with a plethora of troubles. You have all sorts of headaches, problems and surprises to sort out every day. It is hard to stand back and focus on...
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Success can be the Enemy of Innovation
When thing are going well we can become blinded. Success becomes a prophylactic against disruptive ideas. Why should we change a winning formula? Don’t mess with success! These are the sorts of things...
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Do you want the people who work for you to be happy?
It is a common fallacy among managers that they want their staff to be happy because happy people are more productive. This may be true, but it is only part of the story. Of course, as a manager, you...
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A Leader’s Role Model – The Sat Nav
If you want to be a better leader then take a look at the satellite navigation system (GPS or Sat Nav) in your car. Here is what it can teach: 1. The Sat Nav stays focused on the destination....
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Issue a Declaration of Innovation
Many CEOs and leaders talk about the importance of innovation in their organisations. But often their words are bland and vague – just a form of management-speak. If you want people to really...
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How do you Reject Ideas?
Any good suggestions scheme will generate a large number of ideas; millions in the case of a company like Toshiba. In addition you will have ideas coming into the funnel from idea events and other...
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Can you admit that you were wrong?
For large companies to innovate they often have to face the fact that their current products and business model need to change. Think of Kodak, Nokia and Blockbuster Video. What’s more when they try...
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