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

IdeaScale

As a direction setter, you must go beyond the data and tell a compelling story about future potential that engages people more deeply and inspires them to bring their creative best. The underlying design and technical expertise that makes these products distinctly Apple remained constant.

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Creating Innovation Connections as the Customer Advocate

IdeaScale

Bezos took a strong stand that the company must not create a business strategy designed only to protect their existing business when their customers clearly wanted something else. Support staff to engage in open innovation with customers. Bring the “voice of the customer” into the decision making and idea generation.

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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. That’s what we’ll discuss on 11 December 2024, when we launch The Innovator’s Handbook 2025.

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Are you a Positive Role Model for Innovation?

IdeaScale

Innovation cannot be fully delegated to others—it will only be considered an important effort in a team or company when the leader is actively engaged. How a leader spends his or her time is always noticed by others. As an innovation leader, you might. Convene special strategy sessions just for generating ideas and exploring options.

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7 TENETS OF CREATIVE THINKING

Michael Michalko

This principle helped Walt Disney bring his fantasies to life and also enabled Albert Einstein to engage in thought experiments that led to revolutionary ideas about space and time. In addition, he created Thinkpak (A Brainstorming Card Set) , which is a novel creative-thinking tool that is designed to facilitate brainstorming sessions.

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The Connected Leader: Relationships that Produce to Results

IdeaScale

A networker’s primary task is to work across organizational boundaries to engage stakeholders and secure innovation support. The goal is to expand your network inside and outside your organization, to extend your sphere of influence, and to expand the expertise and diversity of your peer group and potential innovation partners.

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Rethinking Innovation Value: Measuring Impact and Securing Executive Buy-in

Innov8rs

At the recent The Innovator’s Handbook 2025 Launch Event, Rita McGrath, a Strategy Professor at Columbia Business School, Tyler Anderson, CEO of Disruptive Edge, and Tendayi Viki, an Associate Partner at Strategyzer, discussed the need to rethink how the value of innovation can be measured and executive buy-in secured.