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What Happened in the World of Corporate Innovation in 2024?

Innov8rs

At The Innovator’s Handbook 2024 Launch Event last year December, we invited several thought leaders and experts to share their predictions for what would happen in the world of corporate innovation in 2024, in short 8-min talks. There I find that their confidence levels do not always align with the needs for change in the new organization.

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Are you a Direction Setter? How to Bring the Future into Focus

IdeaScale

What changes in the organization will be needed to become the kind of enterprise that can succeed in the envisioned future? The primary reason game-changing innovation fails is because time is not invested up front to align the organization behind a shared strategic blueprint and a shared innovation agenda. Planning for the Future.

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Startup CTO or Developer

TechEmpower Innovation

Here’s a graphic from Socal CTO that illustrates the roles as they change over time: In its earliest days, a startup’s top need is often to produce a product. Increasing competitive advantage? The answer is: it depends. The role of a CTO varies as the company matures.

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The Innovative Mentor

IdeaScale

When is it time to stick to an idea, and when is it time to listen to others and change course? Talk your peers through the fear, uncertainty, and doubt that often comes with change. Innovation means change, and change can be quite disruptive and emotionally charged. Common Barriers to P lan F or.

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7 TENETS OF CREATIVE THINKING

Michael Michalko

Michael Michalko is one of the most highly-acclaimed creativity experts in the world and author of the best-seller Thinkertoys (A Handbook of Business Creativity), ThinkPak (A Brainstorming Card Deck), Cracking Creativity (The Secrets of Creative Genius), and Creative Thinkering: Putting Your Imagination to Work.

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CHANGE THE WAY YOU LOOK AT THINGS AND THE THINGS YOU LOOK AT CHANGE

Michael Michalko

By focusing your attention in a different way (focusing on the dots and closing your eyes), you changed your perception of the pattern thereby allowing yourself to see something that you could not otherwise see. Read Michael’s book THINKERTOYS (A HANDBOOK OF CREATIVE THINKING TECHNIQUES). Become creative.

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Are you a Positive Role Model for Innovation?

IdeaScale

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”. He also is an accomplished speaker, certified instructional designer and trainer, and co-author of Creating Value with CO-STAR: An Innovation Tool for Perfecting and Pitching your Brilliant Ideas and The Global Innovation Science Handbook. Mahatma Gandhi. Become a living example.

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