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AUGUST 16, 2010

Monday, 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. skip to main | skip to sidebar.

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Jamie Notter

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

It was decentralized, it gave power to distributed systems, and it enabled everyone to take action in the ways they needed to. Open processes embody systems thinking. It’s basically about understanding what happens in complex systems without always demanding simple, linear cause-effect explanations. December 2010 (5).

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Jamie Notter

JULY 19, 2012

Tensions in the system–don’t shield associates from that. It’s management’s job to innovate itself. Sophisticated incentive systems. Innovation is done in a place where people work face to face. Innovate the “how,” not the “what.” Innovation all the time panel.

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Jamie Notter

OCTOBER 13, 2011

To solve the silo problem, you need to increase your capacity for systems thinking. The different parts of the system need to be able to see how what they are doing is causing in impact in another part of the system, even if it’s delayed or somewhat indirect. That inhibits systems thinking. December 2010 (5).

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Membership Marketing

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Innovation through Collaboration. We are always looking for new innovative ways to do things better. So I wanted to share two items that I came across this week that attribute successful innovation to collaboration. First, innovation is collaborative. Where do you find your place to innovate through collaboration?

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Jamie Notter

OCTOBER 21, 2011

It grew by being more human–leveraging trust, decentralizing, being transparent, and encouraging action and ownership throughout the system. Innovation becomes a reality rather than an intention. Moneyball and Management Innovation. The Results of Management Innovation. December 2010 (5). November 2010 (8).

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Jamie Notter

MAY 10, 2012

But Humanize is fundamentally a book about management innovation. This manifesto is also about an emerging ideology of business, where people are at the center of a human ecosystem instead of boxed into a mecha­nical system. We will feel a sense of belonging and purpose if we’re involved in the direction and purpose of the system.

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Jamie Notter

MARCH 29, 2012

The post talks about leadership as a systems capacity (rather than an individual capacity or the person in a position of authority) and connects to some key points from Humanize. Want Innovation? December 2010 (5). November 2010 (8). October 2010 (8). September 2010 (7). August 2010 (9). May 2010 (3).

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Association Adviser

MARCH 19, 2013

It’s interesting to see how your peers’ concerns have shifted from strategy (2010) to communication and innovation (2011) to tools and technology (2012). Biggest surprises of 2010 : Less than one-third (31.7%) of surveyed Association Adviser readers said they benchmark themselves against other associations within their industries.

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Idea Architects

MAY 21, 2012

custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. What if the these percentages are not because of some predetermined tendency of the way individuals act, but is instead a logical result of the systems and processes we put into place? Dec 2010 (2). Nov 2010 (9).

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GlowGlobally

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

As we enter the 2010 Holiday Season, what is clear to us at MCI’s global Association Management & Consulting Practice is that US-based associations need to redouble their efforts to strengthen their positions in emerging markets. Megatrend #2 – Innovators and Knowledge Creators Increasingly Reside in Emerging Markets.

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Jamie Notter

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Build in structures that give voice to people who would not speak up and actually work to allow people outside your system to speak their truth to you. Moneyball and Management Innovation. The Results of Management Innovation. December 2010 (5). November 2010 (8). October 2010 (8). September 2010 (7).

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Jamie Notter

JANUARY 4, 2012

All of us have room to step up, to be more responsible, to live bigger, to be clearer about our purpose , to be more honest with our selves and our systems, and to deliver the gift that the world needs delivered through us. Moneyball and Management Innovation. The Results of Management Innovation. Want Innovation?

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Jamie Notter

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Easier said than done, yet critical for innovation and becoming more human as an organization. We want collaboration that not only solves the problem, but builds capacity in the system to solve other problems (or future problems) at the same time. Moneyball and Management Innovation. The Results of Management Innovation.

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Jamie Notter

JANUARY 24, 2012

I explain in the book how these forces affect the value systems of Millennials in ways that I think will show up throughout their whole lives. Moneyball and Management Innovation. The Results of Management Innovation. December 2010 (5). November 2010 (8). October 2010 (8). September 2010 (7).

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Jamie Notter

MARCH 13, 2012

They change and grow over time, particularly as you start interacting with other people in the system. Moneyball and Management Innovation. December 2010 (5). November 2010 (8). October 2010 (8). September 2010 (7). August 2010 (9). July 2010 (5). June 2010 (9). May 2010 (3).

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Jamie Notter

AUGUST 12, 2011

But I know we’ll move forward in a way that acknowledges the more decentralized nature of the system. Maybe it is, but maybe it isn’t, and we’d be able to determine that if we understood our systems better. Within our systems, what change is needed? Moneyball and Management Innovation. Want Innovation?

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Jamie Notter

JUNE 21, 2012

Moneyball and Management Innovation. The Results of Management Innovation. { It’s about shifting our attention to the areas that increase the power of the whole system. December 2010 (5). November 2010 (8). October 2010 (8). September 2010 (7). August 2010 (9). July 2010 (5).

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Jamie Notter

MARCH 9, 2012

It is an economy in which the driving force is innovation. Innovation, nimble, continually offering new value, trust…sound familiar? They are not organized for continuous innovation. Moneyball and Management Innovation. The Results of Management Innovation. December 2010 (5). November 2010 (8).

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Jamie Notter

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Measure different things, and at different intervals, with the intention of actually learning more about your system and how it operates. Moneyball and Management Innovation. The Results of Management Innovation. Want Innovation? December 2010 (5). November 2010 (8). October 2010 (8). August 2010 (9).

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Jamie Notter

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

That means working with a lot of people on a lot of different issues, but all with the goal of increasing the system’s capacity to shape its future. Want Innovation? December 2010 (5). November 2010 (8). October 2010 (8). September 2010 (7). August 2010 (9). July 2010 (5). June 2010 (9).

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Jamie Notter

MAY 11, 2012

They will then try to sell you on their new dynamic, nimble, constantly evolving, “living plan document” system. Moneyball and Management Innovation. The Results of Management Innovation. Want Innovation? December 2010 (5). November 2010 (8). October 2010 (8). September 2010 (7).

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Idea Architects

JANUARY 9, 2012

custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. Here are a few of them: Living systems learn constantly. Living systems are self-organizing. Because we are living systems, most people are intelligent, creative, adaptive, and self-organizing. "We

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Jamie Notter

JUNE 7, 2012

Moneyball and Management Innovation. The Results of Management Innovation. The distinction is that failures are more connected to experimentation, innovation, and learning, where mistakes are more about quality and execution. December 2010 (5). November 2010 (8). October 2010 (8). September 2010 (7).

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Jamie Notter

JANUARY 17, 2012

Conflict is a natural part of every system. The systems that are most effective in shaping their own future will have very strong and refined skills in dealing with conflict (of all types). The people who operate in positions of authority in these systems will be able to behave more effectively in conflict situations.

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Jamie Notter

MAY 16, 2012

Moneyball and Management Innovation. The Results of Management Innovation. { I try to reframe the “command and control” my brain somehow defaults to when someone mentions the military to the “clarity and commitment” I believe their leadership systems often produce. December 2010 (5). July 2010 (5).

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Jamie Notter

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Shouldn’t I like the fact that we allow the system at large to have committees to get work done? And I don’t think it’s a good venue for developing true, systemic leadership. When we create islands of control in the form of committees, we are not honoring the integrity of the system. December 2010 (5).

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Idea Architects

JUNE 11, 2012

custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. If your mindset and systems are based on having long-term employees (i.e., Dec 2010 (2). Nov 2010 (9). Oct 2010 (10). Sep 2010 (3). Aug 2010 (3). Jul 2010 (1). Jun 2010 (7).

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Idea Architects

MAY 16, 2012

custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. Books like The Medici Effect , by Frans Johannson, and Where Good Ideas Come From , by Steven Johnson, confirm what weve long known: innovation in one field often occurs when an idea from another is associated into a new context.

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Idea Architects

JUNE 17, 2012

custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. Organizations should build the systems and infrastructure that accelerate the identification, orientation, and engagement of as many volunteers as possible. Dec 2010 (2). Nov 2010 (9). Oct 2010 (10).

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Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 15, 2015

Fear of failure and fear of change are probably your organization’s biggest obstacle to innovation and growth. They adopt and foster ACE : a change management system that sticks. They basically block your organization from growth, progress and innovation. A stands for addressing and appreciating why the brain refuses to change.

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Jamie Notter

JULY 12, 2011

Leadership is a system capacity to shape the future. Want Innovation? December 2010 (5). November 2010 (8). October 2010 (8). September 2010 (7). August 2010 (9). July 2010 (5). June 2010 (9). May 2010 (3). April 2010 (8). March 2010 (9). February 2010 (5).

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Vanguard Tech

AUGUST 8, 2013

However this news is personally comforting knowing since the newspaper I grew up reading will now be shepherded toward its future by a proven innovator who takes the long term view instead of eyeing the next quarter’s profits. We hear each day about the need for innovation, how “millennials don’t join,” and the “end of relevance.”

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Thanks For Playing

DECEMBER 29, 2011

► 2010. The Grassroots Innovation Leader. The genies loose, and hes not going back. And while we shouldnt - and in many cases dont - even want to go back, our organizations are not keeping pace. ► August. (21). ► July. (20). ► June. (18). ► May. (21). ► April. (19). ► March. (19). ► 2009.

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Idea Architects

APRIL 3, 2012

custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. In 2010 and 2011, a diverse cross-section of ASAE staff, volunteers, and members convened regularly as members of the Innovation Task Force. Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects. Tuesday, April 03, 2012.

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Jamie Notter

JULY 22, 2011

The four elements are: Open (decentralized, systems thinking, ownership…). Moneyball and Management Innovation. December 2010 (5). November 2010 (8). October 2010 (8). September 2010 (7). August 2010 (9). July 2010 (5). June 2010 (9). May 2010 (3). April 2010 (8).

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Thanks For Playing

MAY 10, 2012

In fact, we can measure just about everything at this point, if were dedicated and have reasonable tech systems. ► 2010. The Grassroots Innovation Leader. So we drown in data, inundate decision makers, and produce analysis paralysis. To drive decisions. . ► August. (21). ► July. (20). ► June. (18).

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