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AUGUST 1, 2011

Monday, August 1, 2011. The Season of Innovation. Thats certainly what it feels like with the ASAE Annual Meeting next week and the WSAE-sponsored National Summit on Association Innovation five short weeks after that. Labels: Innovation , Jeff De Cagna , WSAE. Association Management. Innovation.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Monday, September 5, 2011. Recipes for Innovation. He has designed some very innovative tools.and created innovative designs for traditional tools. On one wall -they shared his princples of good design.thought there might be some relevance to your interest in innovation. good design is innovative.

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DECEMBER 26, 2011

Monday, December 26, 2011. Its Not Innovation If It Only Serves You. A new post, "Its Not Innovation If It Only Serves You" has just gone up there. Labels: Innovation. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Innovation. Management. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2011.

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MAY 21, 2011

Saturday, May 21, 2011. The Innovation Problem for Associations. Jeff De Cagna had another great article in the April 2011 issue of Associations Now that I just got around to reading on one of my recent plane rides. The innovation problem for associations is not about process. Start there. at 9:04 PM.

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JANUARY 31, 2011

Monday, January 31, 2011. The Innovation Hub for Associations. Ive been blogging about my work with the Innovation Task Force of the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives for a while now. Its called the Innovation Hub for Associations , and can be accessed here. Labels: Innovation , WSAE.

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JANUARY 1, 2011

Saturday, January 1, 2011. Are You Looking Forward to 2011? Since our launch weve posted on a variety of related issues, with my own focus more and more on efforts to define and promote innovative practices for the association environment based on successful models in the for-profit world. Association Management.

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MAY 11, 2011

Wednesday, May 11, 2011. Association Innovation as Brand Strategy. In it, he advocates an approach to innovation that focuses not on meeting the expressed needs of customers, but on pushing customers to become something theyre not. The best and most enduring innovations make you someone else. Posted by Eric Lanke.

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JANUARY 26, 2011

Wednesday, January 26, 2011. Innovating 20% of the Time. Chris Trimble is skeptical of Googles 20% time--their stated practice of encouraging individuals to spend 20 percent of their time pursuing innovative projects of their own inspiration. And execution, as Trimble says, is the other side of innovation. Innovation.

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MARCH 22, 2011

Tuesday, March 22, 2011. The Catch-22 of Innovation. Lots of good lessons in this HBR post for association professionals looking to be move innovative. Its the Catch-22 of innovation. Your members cant know what that next innovation is because it doesnt yet exist in their world. Association Management.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Innovation = Creativity x Execution. This is a fantastic post on innovation from Vijay Govindarajan , co-author of the new book, The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge. Companies tend to focus far more attention on improving the front end of the innovation process, the creativity. Its excellent.

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JANUARY 16, 2011

Sunday, January 16, 2011. A Prescription for Innovation. This is part of an on-going dialogue between Eric Lanke and Jeff De Cagna on the work of the WSAE Innovation Task Force and the status of innovation in the association community. Hence our generic definition of innovation.

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DECEMBER 2, 2010

The World Database of Innovation--CLOSED! I first stumbled across The World Database of Innovation in this HBR blog post from a few months ago. As well as over 200 in-depth case studies, it compiles the ideas of 4,500 or so innovation experts and consultancies. Five thousand two hundred and eight tools for innovation!

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NOVEMBER 20, 2010

The Bedrock of Innovation. Failure of course is always a possibility with any attempt at innovation. Indeed the bedrock of innovation is failure. The perceieved price of failure in these environments is too high to attract the necessary champions for innovation. Labels: Innovation. Association Management.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Next Steps for Association Innovation. This is an exciting time for the WSAE Innovation Task Force. First of all, our white paper on association innovation is nearly finished. Second, we are currently working on a new online community dedicated to innovation for associations.

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APRIL 21, 2011

Thursday, April 21, 2011. Learning Innovation from the Mayo Clinic. Heres another great HBR post describing another set of "principles of innovation." The HBR post describes several strategies employed by the very famous and very innovative Mayo Clinic. Combination Innovation. skip to main | skip to sidebar.

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JUNE 5, 2011

Sunday, June 5, 2011. Real-World Innovation for Associations. I accepted an invitation from a national professional society to present the information we have developed on innovation in associations at their Board retreat, and help them determine how it applied to them and what specific steps they should take.

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DECEMBER 14, 2010

The Clinic of Innovation. Heres another fascinating post about innovation from the HBR blog. It describes the first-of-its-kind "Clinic of Innovation" at Oslo University Hospital--an internal unit within the hospital that is set-up to work like an outpatient health clinic.

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AUGUST 16, 2010

The Unsung Heroes of Innovation. Heres an interesting post on innovation from the Harvard Business Review. In it, Columbia Business School Professor Rita McGrath shares her insights on what makes innovation work in many of the companies shes observed. Monday, August 16, 2010.

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

Monday, October 24, 2011. Why Innovation is Hard. A little over a month ago I attended WSAEs National Summit on Innovation for Associations. The first day of the summit was facilitated by Jeff De Cagna , and its focus was on building new capacities for innovation within the association community. at 7:00 AM.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

The Role of Trust in Innovation. If you didnt see it, Maddie Grant asked me to do a guest post on her SocialFish blog last week, and I shamelessly used it as an opportunity to promote the innovation project Im spearheading for the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives. Labels: Innovation. Tuesday, August 10, 2010.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Whats Your Innovation Readiness? The Innovation Task Force of the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives (which I chair), is trying to develop an assessment tool for association executives to use in determining the "innovation readiness" of their associations. Labels: Innovation , WSAE.

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JULY 17, 2010

Principles of Innovation. The fourth meeting of the WSAE Innovation Task Force was held on July 16, 2010. For those of you new to this conversation, Im heading up an effort for my state society to define an evidence-based model of innovation for the association community. Im also blogging about it here.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Whats Your Innovation Readiness? The Innovation Task Force of the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives (which I chair), is trying to develop an assessment tool for association executives to use in determining the "innovation readiness" of their associations. skip to main | skip to sidebar.

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AUGUST 28, 2010

Association Advantages for Innovation. Heres part three of the "innovation for associations" white paper Im helping to write while chairing the Innovation Task Force for the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives. Saturday, August 28, 2010. These advantages include: 1.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Whats Your Innovation Readiness? Regular readers of The Hourglass Blog know that Im chairing the Innovation Task Force for the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives. The "innovation readiness" tool will also provide a framework for this discussion, and will help us organize the strategies we hope to develop.

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JULY 29, 2010

Barriers to Innovation in the Association World. In one of my last posts I shared the principles of innovation weve drafted as part of the "innovation for associations" white paper being written by the WSAE Innovation Task Force. But many associations approach risk from a decidedly conservative perspective.

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Eric Lanke

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Association executive and author. Innovation. Monday, September 26, 2011. Its a question, I know, that never even occurs to leaders in many associations. 6 comments: Jeffrey Cufaude September 26, 2011 8:39 AM It's a great question Eric. Reply Delete Michael Long September 26, 2011 2:55 PM Good question Eric.

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JULY 12, 2021

Your association may claim values like collaboration and innovation. Maybe your commitment to innovation is a little more talk than walk—you say you’re forward-thinking, but people get punished for taking a risk, at least if it doesn’t pan out. She speaks and writes frequently on a variety of topics in association management.

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DECEMBER 12, 2011

Monday, December 12, 2011. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Innovation. Management. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2011. Association Subculture. Principled Innovation. ▼ 2011. (61). It's Not Innovation If It Only Serves You. Baby Boomers.

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DECEMBER 5, 2011

Monday, December 5, 2011. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Innovation. Management. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2011. Association Subculture. Principled Innovation. ▼ 2011. (61). It's Not Innovation If It Only Serves You. Baby Boomers.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Monday, November 21, 2011. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Innovation. Management. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2011. Association Subculture. Principled Innovation. ▼ 2011. (61). Film Directing Lessons in Innovation and Leadershi.

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JANUARY 2, 2012

2011 has drawn to a close, and that means its time to close up shop here at The Hourglass Blog. Despite my September 2011 announcement that I was moving to a new blog, traffic here at Hourglass has remained strong, allowing 2011 to post some of the best numbers in the blogs history. Association Management.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Monday, November 14, 2011. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Innovation. Management. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2011. Association Subculture. Principled Innovation. ▼ 2011. (61). Film Directing Lessons in Innovation and Leadershi.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2011

Sunday, February 20, 2011. A couple of posts ago I mention a post from HBRs Andrew McAfee about how the connected habits of Millennials are benefting organizations. Well, a week after that one, McAfee posted another , this one about what goes wrong when Millennials take their connected habits too far. February 22, 2011 8:49 AM.

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

Monday, October 31, 2011. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Innovation. Management. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2011. Association Subculture. Principled Innovation. ▼ 2011. (61). Why Innovation is Hard. skip to main | skip to sidebar.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2010

This is another one of those posts challenging the assumption that as Millennials storm their way into the workforce theyre going to radically change the landscape and force organizations to adapt to their idiosyncratic ideals in order to harness their power and survive. Millennials arent any different. Millennial: Yes we are!

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JANUARY 11, 2011

Tuesday, January 11, 2011. If you dont know Jeff, he has been talking about the need for associations to embrace innovation for as long as I can remember, which means hes probably been talking about it even longer than that. Why is innovation critical to the future of associations? Association Management.

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