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Eleven Reasons for the UK’s Poor Productivity

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Weak political leadership, lobby groups, regulation and enquiries lead to a paralysis of decision making and action. Low investment in Research and Development. Poor management. Poor leadership. The post Eleven Reasons for the UK’s Poor Productivity appeared first on Destination Innovation.

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Groupthink

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Have you ever been in a group discussion, where it seems like a decision was made that nobody actually thought was ideal? Groupthink occurs when a group of people need to make a decision, and due to the pressure of not creating conflict between the group members and a desire for harmony, come to an irrational or dysfunctional decision.

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How to Keep Your Creative Team Fresh & Inspired

IdeaScale

So, think of challenges you can issue to your team. As long as it’s friendly, competition is no bad thing, and encouraging friendly competition is a good way to get ideas. But don’t forget that some of your team will thrive not by working against each other, but with each other. Balance Structure And Freedom.

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Innovate and Persuade with a Well-Judged Nudge

Destination Innovation

In 2010 the British Government set up a Behaviourial Insights Team (BIT), which became known as the ‘Nudge Unit’ Its aim was to save at least ten times its running cost. In 2013 the BIT sent out thousands of letters to school students from poor backgrounds, who typically did not apply to top universities.

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How to Incite Creativity Amidst Your Team?

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In order to develop your business and always stay on top of the game with innovative ideas, promoting and preserving creativity in your team is of vital importance. So, here are some real life examples from Helloprint about how to avoid creative blanks and incite creativity amidst teams: Regularly scheduled brainstorming sessions.

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What Is Corporate Social Innovation? Understanding the New Driver of Change

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For example, rather than saying your aim is to deliver nutritious food to the poor, you can say that the goal is to increase distribution of nutrients to a population with a particular income by 100% in the next 2 years. This will allow you to know whether you underperformed or not. It must be specific and should have deliverables.

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Humans are social animals, and being excluded stresses us out

Idea to Value

How can this be, since in developed countries there are far fewer direct threats to our immediate survival from things like predators, freezing weather, malnutrition and other things our caveman ancestors needed to worry about. How does this feeling of stress impact our creativity in teams? You cannot blame them. It is how we evolved.