Tullio Siragusa

JANUARY 30, 2023

Magnetize Your Team: How CEOs Can Attract the Right Leadership by Being the Right Leader It’s been often said that a CEO’s success depends on hiring the right team, but this blog isn’t about that. Being a successful CEO is about more than just hiring the right team.

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Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Design Thinking Design 116

Boxes and Arrows

JANUARY 31, 2010

I built a team with a dedicated user researcher; information architect; interaction and visual designers and we even made a guerilla usability lab and had regular test sessions. As the Creative Director, I deferred authority to him to develop the product as he saw fit. This is an extreme example of where SCRUM went bad.

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Agile Design Underperforming Technical Team Software 108

Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 12, 2018

We are seeing many digitally aware organizations like Apple, Amazon, Salesforce all recognizing their future innovation is reliant on innovation and digital to be tied at the hip, wedded together in a design that builds towards satisfying customer needs. Embedded software is becoming more important in value than the physical product.

Software Review 222

Software Review Software Innovation Underperforming Technical Team 222

Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 26, 2021

Innovation theater is very similar to what ecologists call "greenwashing" and both are bad for their respective movements. Then, a problem or opportunity is defined, a team designated, and the proposition is defined as an innovation activity.

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Project Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Training 160

Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

What it is: One of the most challenging aspects of innovation for most companies is not the generating of ideas, or the development of new innovations. They can cite a number of seemingly valid reasons for this, including: My team hasn’t got the time to resources or time to take ownership of this new thing.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 6, 2018

I recently applied the three horizons thinking to ‘frame’ a new innovation design. So the thinking intent of searching for a new innovation design had some framing assumptions that can leverage where we are to move towards a new future. This is a useful way to think about the initial 3H outcome.

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Design Innovation Agile System 138

Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

By stepping away from the day-to-day operations and fostering a focused environment, your leadership team can craft innovative strategies and strengthen collaboration. It’s an opportunity for you and your executive team to step back, assess the business landscape, and align on the vision and direction of the company.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 30, 2020

To travel the final ‘rugged terrain’ of innovation execution I believe requires fortitude, stamina, belief, a healthy dose of courage and as much commitment from the whole organization engaged in the innovation process as any ‘front end’ or driving it through the pipeline, yet we often fail to recognize that. Let’s relax….wrong;

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Marketing Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Resources 235

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Embracing the Evolution: AI Meets Design Thinking The intersection of artificial intelligence and design thinking is poised to redefine the landscape of innovation and strategy. What is Design Thinking? Its collaborative nature fosters creativity, leveraging diverse perspectives to uncover innovative solutions.

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Artificial Inteligence Design Thinking Design Analysis 113

Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Setting the Stage for Success In the ever-evolving business landscape, executive team offsites have become a cornerstone for strategic planning and decision-making. By stepping away from the daily operations, you and your leadership team can focus on long-term goals, team building, and innovative thinking.

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Underperforming Technical Team Strategy Strategy Technical Review 100

Idea to Value

MARCH 25, 2019

The word ‘corporate innovation’ is becoming an increasingly popular buzzword, but for the most forward-thinking companies, it represents the future of the business and a significant spend on research and development. This will allow the corporate to more rapidly apply the benefits of the collaboration and develop the business.

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Change Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Innovation 187

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

It encompasses the leader’s capacity to navigate social complexities, remain calm under pressure, and inspire and motivate teams through understanding and empathy. Empathetic leaders can foster loyalty and trust within their teams, leading to improved morale and reduced turnover.

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Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Training Exercises 100

Business and Tech

DECEMBER 16, 2021

At the time we were looking to raise capital (between 2011 and 2013), businesses with women on the executive team received only 7 percent of the venture funding. ” How does this affect resident engagement and satisfaction? The external bias we faced when pitching to investors was thinly veiled, if at all. What a great question.

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Technical Review Technology Management Underperforming Technical Team 246

Tullio Siragusa

JULY 24, 2023

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. Employees become mere executors of orders, leading to a lack of engagement and motivation.

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Design Thinking Culture Design Underperforming Technical Team 108

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

Employees are more engaged, motivated, and committed to the organization’s success when they feel aligned with its cultural values. A culture that embraces change and is open to new ideas will naturally drive innovation, leading to greater business growth and the development of competitive advantages.

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Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Culture Change 100

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

It shapes the work environment, influences decision-making, and ultimately drives employee engagement and satisfaction. For strategies on leading this change, delve into lead culture change for greater innovation & business growth and develop executive leadership to drive organizational culture change.

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Agile Culture Underperforming Technical Team Leadership 130

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Is it because of this traditional way of working, designed into the company, that we are all becoming disengaged and disenchanted with what we do? In most companies, we have small, dedicated innovation teams of five to 10 people trying to take on this Herculean task of growing a business through innovation. Dedicated Innovation Team.

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Innovation Programs Innovation Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 222

Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

By fostering innovation, you can unlock new opportunities for your business, whether it’s through developing groundbreaking products, optimizing internal processes, or delivering exceptional service that exceeds customer expectations. Ensuring a timely and cost-effective product development life cycle.

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LEAN Underperforming Technical Team Product Development Artificial Inteligence 100

Boxes and Arrows

JANUARY 26, 2012

Design patterns are generally considered a good thing, but do they actually help run a user experience group? As a user experience group manager and an observer (and sponsor) of design pattern exercises, I’ve come to have serious questions about their actual utility. ” Completeness and learn-ability are in conflict.

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Design Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 88

Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

By fostering an atmosphere where innovation thrives, you’re not only investing in your company’s future but also in the professional growth of your team. Through a comprehensive evaluation, you can gain insights into the current state of your culture, identify areas of strength, and pinpoint opportunities for development.

Culture 100

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

To support you in building out your innovation competencies, capabilities and capacity that requires a deeper investment in skill development in a culture of continual learning. It is a journey of building innovation, fitness and dynamics drawn out in a new way of thinking and design within innovation ecosystems.

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Change Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Agile 174

InnovationTraining.org

AUGUST 26, 2021

Tips for building and sustaining innovation teams within your organizational culture. This is an individual innovative mindset that also is alive in innovative teams. This article share some basic tips to help your organization innovate through an important dynamic – teams. What is an innovative team?

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Underperforming Technical Team Brainstorming Innovation Collaboration 80

Boxes and Arrows

DECEMBER 19, 2013

The first article discussed the pros and cons of different UX team structures. For companies that depend on user experience for business success, a strong internal team is essential. The hardest part of building an in-house design agency is answering the basic “Why?”. Once you have a shared vision, it is on to executing design.

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Design Underperforming Technical Team Project Groups 79

Boxes and Arrows

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Gone, thankfully, are the days when the user experience and the user interface were an afterthought in the website design process, to be added on when programming was nearing completion. Some teams were large and highly specialized, while others were small and required a single team member to perform multiple roles.

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Design Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review Collaboration 83

IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Designing An Evaluation Process. One IdeaScale customer had a workforce that didn’t necessarily have access to company laptops or personal computers, so they made use of the platform’s responsive mobile design to ensure the platform worked on private phones and tablets. Using Design To Develop A Fuller Picture.

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Tools Underperforming Technical Team How To Engagement 130

Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 12, 2023

I am suggesting a vertical and horizontal design applying innovation stack and building block approaches, all “housed” on a technology platform. We need an Innovation Mandate calling for a Radical Re-design of how we undertake innovation management, it is needed to bring innovation management into the 21st century in design and approaches.

Technical Review 148

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Artificial Inteligence 148

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

To delve further into the developmental aspects of organizational culture and how it can be shaped, explore our article on develop executive leadership to drive organizational culture change. Conversely, a weak or negative culture can hinder business performance, stifle growth, and lead to organizational dysfunction.

Culture 100

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IdeaScale

MARCH 2, 2021

When building an innovation strategy, this takes the form of an innovation maturity assessment that examines your organization, your team, and your personal innovation approach. Team engagement: Do employees feel encouraged to innovate and show interest in doing so? You’ll also need to develop goals from this feedback.

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Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Leadership Groups 130

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

When does the reluctance of the innovating team give way to try and convince senior management to recognize that change is needed and all the significant “invested ” legacy gets taken away and replaced by the search and scouting for different connected software solutions? source Wikipeda) Today the reversal is happening.

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Software Review Software Technical Review Innovation 212

Idea to Value

JULY 1, 2018

After all, it produces some of the most widely-used software products used in the design industries, such as Photoshop and Illustrator. But just like any other large organisation, they need to continuously develop new innovations, which requires radical new ideas. Every idea looks like a bad idea to start with.

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Underperforming Technical Team Company Software Review Data 25

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Intersection of Leadership and Emotional Intelligence In the dynamic landscape of leadership development, emotional intelligence has emerged as a critical factor in effective leadership. For an in-depth exploration of how emotional intelligence is being integrated into leadership development programs , follow the link.

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Business and Tech

MARCH 21, 2022

How do your HR leaders design work models to ensure both employee productivity and well-being? It starts by building a work culture that puts the employees first, one focused on the growth and development of the individuals in the team, and then, in turn, the success of the company. Revisit wellness offerings.

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Policies Technical Review Culture Underperforming Technical Team 246

IdeaScale

APRIL 7, 2021

If a company developed a way of doing things in 2015, then it was likely the ideal one at the time. Technology improves; companies grow and tap into new resources; new people are hired and incorporated into the team; the standard of innovation and best practices for entire industries can shift dramatically.

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Innovation Processes Underperforming Technical Team How To Innovation 162

Tullio Siragusa

AUGUST 15, 2022

Recession Proof Your Business the Design Thinking Way. With some strategic Design Thinking methodologies, you can protect your business from falling apart and improve it so you can grow. People need these essential services and products during the good and bad times as well. What Is Design Thinking?

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Design Thinking Design Underperforming Technical Team Idea Generation 62

Leapfrogging

APRIL 12, 2024

As organizations recognize the value of emotionally intelligent leaders, the focus on integrating emotional intelligence into leadership development has intensified. Leaders with high emotional intelligence are adept at understanding and managing their own emotions, which in turn allows them to inspire and influence their teams positively.

Leadership 100

Leadership Underperforming Technical Team Training Engagement 100

Tullio Siragusa

JUNE 15, 2020

Effective Leaders Create Highly Engaged Cultures. Effective leaders can have crucial impacts on not only their team members, but their company as a whole. If you look around and see that your team members have become disengaged or stagnant in their work, it may be high time to reassess and reorient your leadership strategies.

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Engagement Culture Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review 63

Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This involves not only verbal encouragement but also the implementation of tangible policies and practices that empower your team to think differently and take risks. Effective leaders provide resources, create cross-functional teams, and ensure that innovation is aligned with business strategy.

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