The Hourglass Blog

JULY 17, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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.

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 21, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. The Innovation Problem for Associations. “ Six Design Principles for Business-Model Innovation ” provides association executives with his usual thought-provoking push into territories we should really be spending more of our time in—but often don’t. Saturday, May 21, 2011.

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The Hourglass Blog

JUNE 5, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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. For Part 2 go here.

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The Hourglass Blog

JANUARY 26, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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. For Part 1 go here.

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The Hourglass Blog

JANUARY 31, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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. at 9:18 PM.

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The Hourglass Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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. Sunday, January 16, 2011.

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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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The Hourglass Blog

MARCH 22, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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. Innovation.

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Association Adviser

AUGUST 24, 2016

Look at innovation through two lenses—basic process improvement and big blue sky breakthroughs. John Graham: For me, the main takeaways I got from the Kelly brothers’ presentation was this: just because you are not good at something initially, doesn’t mean you can’t get good at it and improve. You need to have both. .

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The Hourglass Blog

APRIL 21, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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. Thursday, April 21, 2011.

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 28, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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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Leading Learning

JULY 12, 2021

The main challenge associations face in digital transformation initiatives is that digital transformation is an iterative process that includes both technologies and culture. Your association may claim values like collaboration and innovation. Review your legacy systems and processes. But is that really true?

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 10, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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.

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The Hourglass Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Why Innovation is Hard. A little over a month ago I attended WSAEs National Summit on Innovation for Associations. A little over a month ago I attended WSAEs National Summit on Innovation for Associations. He adeptly focused our attention on forming new peer networks for innovation.

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The Hourglass Blog

JULY 29, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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. Thursday, July 29, 2010.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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. Heres the first: Does your leadership embrace innovation as one of the strategies necessary to achieve your goals?

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Association Freak

MAY 21, 2022

Faced with these inexorable realities, organizations have chosen a wide range of responses, from defensive and incremental to innovative and bold. These headwinds will not abate. Honey has been downloaded over 5M times and can automatically apply codes from more than 21,000 stores during the check-out process. On-demand discounts.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 16, 2018

Seventy-eight percent of millennials would rather spend their money on a desirable experience or event rather than buying something they want, according to an Eventbrite survey conducted by Harris. Furthermore, 77 percent of millennials said some of their best memories are from an event or live experience.

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 16, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Normally I would just retweet something of his I find especially compelling, but given my last blog post of approaching innovation as an exercise in brand strategy, I thought Id expound a little more on something I read on Seths blog this week. Labels: Innovation , Marketing. Innovation.

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 8, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Good and Bad Lessons for Association Innovation. Heres a link to a 15-minute HBR video with Vijay Govindarajan, coauthor of The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge. Its worth a look, full of some interesting lessons about innovation from the for-profit world.

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 26, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. This is part two of my reaction to Jeff De Cagnas excellent article on business model innovation for associations in the April 2011 issue of Associations Now. The WSAE white paper on innovation calls this understanding the mind of your community. Labels: Innovation , Jeff De Cagna , WSAE.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 16, 2018

If you plan to shop for a new learning management system (LMS) in the coming year, WBT Systems explains why you may want to work with an LMS consultant during the requirements, selection, and/or implementation process. Now for the main event: free professional development events for the association community. Get It Write ).

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The Hourglass Blog

JUNE 20, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Here’s a great post from Adam Richardson of the global innovation firm frog design about something called a customer journey map. “For HD and Blue Ray DVD HDMI audio I do not understand if any post processing is done on the 5.1 Labels: Culture Change , Innovation. Innovation.

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The Hourglass Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. And like a lot of manufacturing companies, they operate very close to the margin, using a variety of human and mechanical systems to strip inefficiencies and wasteful practices out of the process of making the product and shipping it to the customer. Labels: Innovation. Innovation.

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The Hourglass Blog

JULY 25, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. In my experience, people who go into the intersection with that kind of clarity just wind up crashing into other people, hurting themselves or others in the process. Developing Millennial Leaders. Innovation. Millennials. Principled Innovation. We're All Millennials Now.

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Reid All About it

APRIL 20, 2018

Now, the main event: free professional development events for the association community. Connect with fellow Component/Chapter Relations Professionals (CRPs) to network and discuss current chapter challenges, such as how to measure and increase the health of chapters; best practices for chapter operations (volunteer tools, processes, etc.);

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The Hourglass Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. ” Then I read this post from Andrew McAfee about how the connected habits of Millennials are benefting organizations. Labels: Millennial Perspectives , Social Media. Now, the actual 'doing' or process is a slow media burn gaining collaborators along the way. Innovation.

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The Hourglass Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Because I understand that, I hope I can reach out to the younger professionals and get them involved – not just by providing professional development for them, but by getting them involved in the process of creating the professional development they want. Developing Millennial Leaders.

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Association Subculture

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

skip to main | skip to sidebar. They will expect early in their careers to take part in the decision making process. About a thousand similar statements are regularly promulgated to describe Gen Y/Millennials. innovation. (6). Principled Innovation LLC. Thursday, September 24, 2009. We dont need no education.

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The Hourglass Blog

JULY 18, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Ill read it right now; or (3) Oh man, thats going to require some thought and some processing. Developing Millennial Leaders. Innovation. Millennials. Principled Innovation. We're All Millennials Now. Monday, July 18, 2011. Ill flag that and get back to it later.

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Reid All About it

MAY 11, 2018

Now, the main event: free professional development events for the association community. Learn about new trends for 2018, how associations are crafting their messages to get better engagement and ROI, and how associations are marketing to their more seasoned members vs. millennials and how that message should differ. Hootsuite ).

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. There is No Recipe for Innovation. Or so seems the conclusion of this fascinating blog post from Tim Leberecht of the the frog design and innovation firm, in which he reviews and connects several established and not-so-established kinds of innovation. Monday, September 12, 2011.

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Higher Logic

JANUARY 10, 2017

And, since we’re each getting millions of bits of information a second but can only consciously process about 60 bits , no one is immune to snap judgements. Researchers suggest that one of the main ways to limit bias is to slow down. An implicit bias is an unconscious assumption that we make about another person. So, how do you begin?

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The Hourglass Blog

JUNE 5, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Innovation Needs "Leadership from Behind". Most would argue that these desires to be valued and to contribute to something larger than themselves are Millennial values, but I see them as more universal--something common to most of humanity. Saturday, June 5, 2010. But thats really a side point.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 12, 2018

Wikipedia defines design as the creation of a plan or convention for the construction of an object, system or measurable human interaction (as in architectural blueprints, engineering drawings, business processes, circuit diagrams, and sewing patterns). The universal perception of Millennials is that they have a short attention span.

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