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The Hourglass Blog: Association Innovation as Brand Strategy

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The Bentonville behemoth wants you to become someone who gets the brands they desire at the best possible price every day. The Minneapolis merchant wants you to become someone who appreciates the value and appeal of great design at a great price; youre as much a connoisseur as a consumer. Communication. Millennials.

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The Hourglass Blog: The Bedrock of Innovation

The Hourglass Blog

The perceieved price of failure in these environments is too high to attract the necessary champions for innovation. Communication. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2006. Nothing else can survive where risk is feared. Photo Source. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 1:28 PM. Labels: Innovation.

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The Hourglass Blog: Do You Want Your Members to Be "Smart" or.

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In it, he dissects the difference between customers who know how much your services really cost (referring to them as "smart" customers) and those who dont (referring to them as "stupid"), and shares experiences hes had with companies that charge "stupid" customers much higher prices than "smart" ones. Communication. Millennials.

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The Hourglass Blog: The Unsung Heroes of Innovation

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The perceived “price of failure,” in terms of the potential loss of power and influence within an association hierarchy, is often too high to attract the necessary champions for innovation. Communication. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2006. Baby Boomers. Encore Careers.

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The Hourglass Blog: Barriers to Innovation in the Association World

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Furthermore, the perceived “price of failure,” in terms of the potential loss of power and influence within an association hierarchy, is also often too high to attract the necessary champions for innovation. Communication. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2006. Baby Boomers.

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The Hourglass Blog: Only Xers Care about Work/Life Balance

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Like a lot of articles about generations in the workplace, this one calls X out as being particularly motivated--to a degree not seen in Boomers or Millennials--by a quest for "work/life balance." Theres a reason why work/life balance is a particular concern of Xers and not Boomers or Millennials. When I read that it hit me.

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The Hourglass Blog: The Giant Hairball of Complexity

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So when Netflix raised its prices 60% and then decided to split its DVD delivery service off from its video streaming service, you wouldve thought I would have had a strong negative reaction. Communication. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2006. Like so many others. Remember that?