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Facilitation Friday #25: Five Keys to Strategy Discussions

Idea Architects

custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. Facilitation Friday #25: Five Keys to Strategy Discussions. When was the last time you were in a session intended to produce good strategy that actually did so? A tactic or a strategy?

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The Hourglass Blog: Association Innovation as Brand Strategy

The Hourglass Blog

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. All authentic innovations ask you — want you — to become a different dimension of yourself. at 6:59 AM.

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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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Tell Your People

Jamie Notter

I remember meeting with one of the senior regional managers who made a point about internal communication that I have since quoted liberally. Want Innovation? A small secret then becomes a future chasm in communication. December 2006 (10). November 2006 (9). October 2006 (8). September 2006 (10).

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Start by Looking Inside

Jamie Notter

Interestingly, the item with one of the smallest gaps was innovation in products, services, and ideas. And note that we think the treatment of customers and employees is actually MORE important than innovative products. We need to pay more attention inside, to the people, to the relationships, to the communication. May 2006 (9).

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The Hourglass Blog: The Innovation Hub for Associations

The Hourglass Blog

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. The core of the site can be found under the "Innovation Model" tab. at 9:18 PM.

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The Hourglass Blog: Why Innovation is Hard

The Hourglass Blog

Why Innovation is Hard. A little over a month ago I attended WSAEs National Summit on Innovation for Associations. As chair of WSAEs Innovation Task Force, I was instrumental in helping to frame WSAEs annual conference around the subject of innovation, and was even recognized as the chair of the conference itself.