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The Detriments of a Command-and-Control Culture and the Power of Design Thinking

Tullio Siragusa

The Detriments of a Command-and-Control Culture and the Power of Design Thinking In the competitive landscape of modern business, the approach we take to leadership can make or break an organization. Result: Kodak’s failure to innovate and adapt to digital technology ultimately led to bankruptcy in 2012.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Web Site Optimization—Part 2

Boxes and Arrows

In the previous article we talked about why site optimization is important and presented a few important goals and philosophies to impart on your team. We created the following minimum completion criteria for my past team at DIRECTV Latin America. I’d like to switch gears now and talk about more tactical stuff, namely, process.

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The Innovators’ DNA in a Design Infused Company

Be-novative

Truly innovative companies don’t just design for customer experience. They also design their own journey towards creating maximum impact. I loved the fact that they all used Design Thinking and said: The journey starts with Empathy. Why don’t we Design Think right here within our organization as well? As a Psychologist?—?I

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The enemy is already within. The flood gates are open. Can GE recover?

Paul Hobcraft

It is then through managing your future development, mostly through research and development, that when combined with a sound acquisition strategy, that you believe will then augment your present internal growth and look to sustain the business. In reality, its free cash flow can’t pay its obligations. Could this have been foreseen?

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The Innovators’ DNA in a Design Infused Company

Be-novative

Truly innovative companies don’t just design for customer experience. They also design their own journey towards creating maximum impact. I loved the fact that they all used Design Thinking and said: The journey starts with Empathy. Why don’t we Design Think right here within our organization as well? As a Psychologist?—?I

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4 Things You Need To Build An Innovative Culture

IdeaSpies

Create Safe Spaces In 2012, Google embarked on an enormous research project. Code-named “Project Aristotle,” the aim was to see what made successful teams tick. Interestingly, highly innovative teams can be safe for some ideas, but not for others. The same effect has been found elsewhere.

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MAKING GAMIFICATION ACCESSIBLE – BRINGING NEWNESS TO CORPORATE LEARNING

ImagineNation

I was first introduced to gamification when I met Mario Herger , in 2012, when he was a Senior Innovation Strategist at SAP Labs LLC, in Israel, as a participant in his two-day gamification workshop for Checkpoint security software. Evolution of the gamification market. It seems this prediction is now an idea whose time has come!