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Tag Archives: Diversity
Are You Free to Innovate?
The image was created with the help of Microsoft Designer I like to argue that one of the most powerful drivers of innovation — and the one that draws surprisingly little attention — is freedom. Freedom emerges as a common denominator for the factors that … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Diversity, Diversity & Inclusion, Freedom, Innovation
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Innovation and Freedom
This article has originally appeared in the International Market & Competitive Intelligence magazine (July/August 2023) With giant waves of technological change rocking every corner of the global economy, innovation isn’t a luxury anymore, not even a matter of choice; it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Democracy, Discrimination, Diversity, Freedom, Innovation, Innovation Management, Labor Laws, Liberties
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The Inverted-U Law of Innovation (and Life)
The image was created with the help of Microsoft Designer This piece has originally appeared on Medium. I like to argue that providing workers with immunity for failed innovation projects is a much better way to promote corporate innovation than by “celebrating … Continue reading
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How to Build Your Innovation Dream Team?
The image was created with the help of Microsoft Designer This piece has been originally posted to Medium. You can hear this time and again: innovation is all about people. Even if you’re a great fan of AI, you’d hardly … Continue reading
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Tagged Creativity, Culture of Innovation, Diversity, Innovation, Mindset, Yeamwork
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Freedom to Innovate
This image was created with the help of Microsoft Designer This piece has been originally posted to Medium. Did you realize that one of the most important drivers of innovation — and the one that draws surprisingly little attention — … Continue reading
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Dose Is Everything: How Religious Diversity Affects Performance
The idea that diversity boosts corporate performance and innovation is becoming mainstream. So far, the focus of attention has been mostly on factors of social diversity: the diversity of race, gender, and sexual identity. Unfortunately, less is known about the … Continue reading
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Tagged Diversity, Diversity & Inclusion, Gender, Healthcare, Innovation, Performance, Race, Religion
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How to Build Your Innovation Dream Team (Part 2)
In Part 1, I described two potential approaches to building a corporate innovation team. One emphasizes specific individual skills of team members, the other focuses on the optimal mix of functional roles within the team. There is the third approach to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Diversity, Diversity & Inclusion, Innovation, Innovation Management, Innovation Teams
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How to Build Your Innovation Dream Team (Part 1)
Do you agree that to pursue a corporate innovation project, you need a dedicated innovation team? Maybe not. We often hear that “innovation is everyone’s job” along with arguments that any structure kills creativity and stifles innovation. Why is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Diversity, Diversity & Inclusion, Innovation, Innovation Management, Innovation Teams
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Innovation do’s and don’ts
Jeff Bezos once said: “Good intentions don’t work, mechanisms do.” I interpret this line as implicit support for my conviction that chasing the chimera of “culture of innovation” is a distraction, rather than an enabler, of corporate innovation. Instead, firms … Continue reading
3 Ways to Boost Innovation through Diversity
Have you ever heard about Employment Nondiscrimination Acts (ENDAs)? I suppose not. An obscure and boring subject. And yet, you might be surprised to learn that ENDAs, the U.S. state-level laws that prohibit discrimination based on sexual and gender identities, … Continue reading
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