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Is managed innovation an oxymoron?

Background:Why is innovation elusive and hard? Organizations invest big money chasing ‘Breakthrough Innovations.’ According to 2012 Global Innovation Study by Booz &a

Story by Kumar Sachidanandam on January 7, 2013

Co-Authored By Sukumar Rajagopal, Bhaskar V, Ramaseshan Ramachandran, G, Kumudha, N.ELILANBAN

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In the Driving Seat of Organizational Agility: translating strategy and execution into traction in turbulent times.

Change has changed. The nature of change itself has changed. It has become much more like a dynamic journey on a shifting landscape. We are supposed to be In the

Hack by Mike Richardson on October 15, 2010

Organizational Agility

Project 10X: A Game-Changing Approach to Growing 21st Century 'Leadership Everywhere'

James Carse, in his great book, Finite and Infinite Games, suggests,There are at least two kinds of games.One could be called finite, the other infinite.The finite game is played

Hack by Max Shkud on June 28, 2013

Co-Authored By Bill Veltrop

distributed leadership

networked leadership

organizational capability building

leadership development

Systemic Change

organization change

leadership in VUCA world

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A distributed social workforce drives profit and performance

LiveOps is the only contact center (call center) leader focused on providing the full platform, applications, and talent in the cloud. Consumers increasingly expect on-demand information and con

Story by Sanjay Mathur on December 9, 2011

Co-Authored By Matt Miles, Paul Karayan

motivation and incentives

busting bureaucracy

coordinating activities

training and developing people

Unleashing Human Potential in the Belly of the Bureaucratic Beast

When we submitted our ‘Project 10X’ hack last June as a part of MIX’s ‘Leaders Everywhere Challenge’ we imagined piloting that innovative change strategy within one of Silicon Valley’s

Story by Bill Veltrop on March 23, 2014

Co-Authored By Max Shkud

leadership in VUCA world

organization change

distributed leadership

leadership development

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How to start a movement in your company - Part 1 - overcoming cynicism, skepticism, and resistance

Editor's Note: This is Part One of a three-part story.

Story by David Choe on December 3, 2010

coordinating activities

measuring performance

The Deliberative Corporation

The Deliberative Corporation is a technology-supported process for sustainable decision-making. It allows any organization or governing group to consult its population.

Hack by James Fishkin on July 18, 2011

Co-Authored By Bobby Fishkin

deliberative community

managing stakeholders

academia

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Democratizing Entrepreneurship: Village Capital's Peer Selection Model

How much time, money, and effort is expended trying to determine which innovations are “worthwhile”?

Story by Ross Baird on January 7, 2013

innovating innovation challenge

The end of performance management (as we know it)

Traditional performance management has run its course. It does not make us the agile and human organizations we need to be. Can we learn something from traffic?

Hack by Bjarte Bogsnes on June 12, 2012

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Whirlpool's Innovation Journey: An on-going quest for a rock-solid and inescapable innovation capability

Do you believe that innovation is the path to growth and differentiation? Do you want to create outstanding shareholder returns?

Story by Moisés Noreña on January 23, 2013

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Biggest ever day of collective action to improve healthcare that started with a tweet

This entry tells the extraordinary story of how a small group of trainee clinicians, young leaders and improvement facilitators from within the National Health Service (NHS) of England created a call

Story by Helen Bevan on June 14, 2013

Co-Authored By Damian Roland, Jackie Lynton, Pollyanna Jones, Joe McCrea

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Arabian Knights. A tale of leadership transformation with Iraqi Deans.

The Foundation for Technical Education in Iraq wanted a world-class development model for its College CEO's (Deans).

Story by Tony Nelson on October 18, 2011

leadership development

Iraq

transformation

leadership assessment

coaching

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Measure Management 2.0 with CRI for Real-Time Management/Operational Control/Profit

Relationships drive business.

Hack by Linda Sharp on July 12, 2011

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Democratise Innovation - for sustained Innovation culture

The power of innovation in Titan, perhaps can be compared to the power of a punch delivered with a clenched fist, as opposed to the power, the punch can generate with an individual finger. We be

Story by Lalgudi Ramanathan Natarajan on January 6, 2013

INNOVATION SCHOOL

INNOVATION MEASUREMENT

INNOVATION BAZAAR

INTERWEAVE

INNOVATION CHALLENGE PROGRAM

INNOVATION COUNCIL

INNOVATION CENTRE

innovating innovation challenge

training and developing people

defining values and aspirations

operations

Manufacturing

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HCL Technologies: An Ideapreneurship: “Innovation at Grassroots”

Sitting in her corner seat at the Noida, India office, Sheetal’s job entailed; ensuring successful ticket query responses for a premier national retail client based in North America.In any other s

Story by Pranay Singh on January 8, 2013

Co-Authored By PUNEET RAMAUL, Annu Talwar

value creation

Innovation

ideas

customer relationship

Make A Difference

recognition

celebrating innovation

culture of innovation

ideapreneurship

transparency