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The Hourglass Blog: Learning Innovation from the Mayo Clinic

The Hourglass Blog

Learning Innovation from the Mayo Clinic. Heres another great HBR post describing another set of "principles of innovation." I say "another," of course, because of my work with the WSAE Innovation Task Force, where we helped define four key principles of innovation from the case studies we examined in the for-profit sector.

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The Hourglass Blog: The Season of Innovation

The Hourglass Blog

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. Communication. Innovation. Monday, August 1, 2011. I hope you do, too.

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Start by Looking Inside

Jamie Notter

When ranking the importance of certain business activities, the one that scored the highest in importance was “listening to customer needs and feedback” (67% said it was important), but when asked to score how business is doing in that area, only 36% gave business high marks (one of the biggest gaps on the list). Want Innovation?

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5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

Wild Apricot

See for yourself how affordable and easy it is to use: - Take a tour! Effective communication â?? Whether the movement of information is one-way (knowledge transfer) or a two-way flow (knowledge exchange), an organizations ability to pursue its core mission can depend in large part on effective communication. Rebecca Muller.

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The Hourglass Blog: A Prescription for Innovation

The Hourglass Blog

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. • Innovation is using technology to streamline operations and deliver new services.

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The Hourglass Blog: The Catch-22 of Innovation

The Hourglass Blog

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 association wants to deliver new innovative products that meet the needs of your members, so you ask and poll them incessantly about their needs, wants and desires.

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The Hourglass Blog: Innovating 20% of the Time

The Hourglass Blog

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. Without execution, youre not innovating.