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The Power of the Outsider Mindset

Destination Innovation

Why are immigrants better than natives when it comes to innovation, invention and entrepreneurship? They have experienced a different country and a different culture. Many other studies show similar results. It is mainly what Matthew Syed calls the ‘outsider mindset’ in his book, Rebel Ideas.

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Reinventing the Entrepreneurship Game

Innovation Excellence

In my last blog I described how important it is to unleash the power of innovative entrepreneurship in our digital & connected world.

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The Innovation Sophistication Index

Destination Innovation

You are taking serious steps to change the corporate culture and practices in order to generate and implement more ideas. Entrepreneurship, empowerment, diversity and risk taking are seen as core values in the desired corporate culture. Blame culture has been replaced with openness and challenge. Achievement.

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How to Design for Outcomes

Tim Kastelle

Here is how Peter Drucker explains a similar false dichotomy in his classic book Management : One important advance in the discipline and in the practice of management is that both now embrace entrepreneurship and innovation. A sham fight these days pits “management” against “entrepreneurship” as adversaries, if not as mutually exclusive.

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Podcast S4E71: Dan Toma – Innovation Accounting and Key Performance Metrics

Idea to Value

Topics covered in today’s episode: 00:01:30 – Dan’s history in entrepreneurship. 00:05:00 – The aspects which create a successful innovation culture are found nowhere in the accounting books. 00:03:45 – Why accounting is overrated. It cannot tell you what to do next.

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15 Things Leaders should Not Do – if they want Innovation.

Destination Innovation

We hear plenty of advice for leaders on what they should do to drive entrepreneurship and innovation in their organizations. There is so much else that you must do in setting the vision, culture and processes for innovation. It might be smarter to just stop making some of the common mistakes which inhibit innovation.

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Top 12 Best Creativity Podcasts

Idea to Value

8: 2Bobs – Conversations on the Art of Creative Entrepreneurship with David C. 8: 2Bobs – Conversations on the Art of Creative Entrepreneurship with David C. . #6: Design Matters with Debbie Millman. #7: 7: Fueling Creativity with Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew J. Baker and Blair Enns. #9: 9: The Futur with Chris Do. #10: