The Hourglass Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Monday, November 28, 2011. Film Directing Lessons in Innovation and Leadership. A new post, "Film Directing Lessons in Innovation and Leadership" has just gone up there. Labels: Innovation , Leadership. Developing Millennial Leaders. Innovation. Leadership. Millennials.

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

Monday, December 19, 2011. Innovation Does Not Happen Online. A new post, "Innovation Does Not Happen Online" has just gone up there. Labels: Innovation. Developing Millennial Leaders. Innovation. Leadership. Leadership Potential of GenX. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2011.

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JULY 11, 2011

Monday, July 11, 2011. Were All Millennials Now. Its almost as if the themes of leadership and innovation have taken over. Millennials: Tech-savvy, entrepreneurial and independent, they tend to value work-life balance and meaningful work more than a large paycheque. July 13, 2011 7:24 AM. Care to join me?

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Monday, September 19, 2011. Millennials Are the New Slackers. In this case, the blogger is Andrew McAfee and his target is the "entitlement mentality" of many Millennials. In this case, the blogger is Andrew McAfee and his target is the "entitlement mentality" of many Millennials. skip to main | skip to sidebar.

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AUGUST 1, 2011

Monday, August 1, 2011. 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. Developing Millennial Leaders. Innovation.

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DECEMBER 26, 2011

Monday, December 26, 2011. Its Not Innovation If It Only Serves You. A new post, "Its Not Innovation If It Only Serves You" has just gone up there. Labels: Innovation. Developing Millennial Leaders. Innovation. Leadership. Leadership Potential of GenX. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2011.

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JANUARY 1, 2011

Saturday, January 1, 2011. Are You Looking Forward to 2011? We launched Hourglass in February 2009 with the hope that it would be a conversation--a platform on which in leaders in Generation X and in the other generations could discuss the challenges of leadership itself. And to that end, I have a challenge for you in 2011.

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Aaron Wolowiec

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Part of the problem is traditional committee structure doesn’t allow for quick decision making, Engel said, and that doesn’t work when GenXers and millennials are accustomed to 24-7 information and networking. The most innovative volunteer opportunities I’ve seen recently are related to tasks like crowdsourcing,” Hoffman said.

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MAY 21, 2011

Saturday, May 21, 2011. The Innovation Problem for Associations. Jeff De Cagna had another great article in the April 2011 issue of Associations Now that I just got around to reading on one of my recent plane rides. The innovation problem for associations is not about process. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Start there.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Monday, September 5, 2011. Recipes for Innovation. He has designed some very innovative tools.and created innovative designs for traditional tools. On one wall -they shared his princples of good design.thought there might be some relevance to your interest in innovation. good design is innovative.

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JANUARY 31, 2011

Monday, January 31, 2011. 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. Creating a culture of innovation in your association.

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MARCH 12, 2011

Saturday, March 12, 2011. A Modern View of Leadership. Thats almost as good as Bill George telling us to be authentic after publishing a book called Authentic Leadership. Much of it consists of the usual motherhood statements about trust and purpose characteristic of a very old-fashioned concept of leadership. Eric Lanke.

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JUNE 5, 2011

Sunday, June 5, 2011. 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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MARCH 22, 2011

Tuesday, March 22, 2011. 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. Developing Millennial Leaders.

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MAY 11, 2011

Wednesday, May 11, 2011. 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. The best and most enduring innovations make you someone else. Whats Targets innovation ask?

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DECEMBER 14, 2010

The Clinic of Innovation. Heres another fascinating post about innovation from the HBR blog. It describes the first-of-its-kind "Clinic of Innovation" at Oslo University Hospital--an internal unit within the hospital that is set-up to work like an outpatient health clinic.

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JANUARY 26, 2011

Wednesday, January 26, 2011. 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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JANUARY 16, 2011

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

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Monday, September 12, 2011. 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. image source.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Innovation = Creativity x Execution. This is a fantastic post on innovation from Vijay Govindarajan , co-author of the new book, The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge. Companies tend to focus far more attention on improving the front end of the innovation process, the creativity. Its excellent.

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DECEMBER 2, 2010

The World Database of Innovation--CLOSED! I first stumbled across The World Database of Innovation in this HBR blog post from a few months ago. As well as over 200 in-depth case studies, it compiles the ideas of 4,500 or so innovation experts and consultancies. Five thousand two hundred and eight tools for innovation!

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NOVEMBER 20, 2010

The Bedrock of Innovation. Failure of course is always a possibility with any attempt at innovation. Indeed the bedrock of innovation is failure. The perceieved price of failure in these environments is too high to attract the necessary champions for innovation. Labels: Innovation. Developing Millennial Leaders.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Next Steps for Association Innovation. This is an exciting time for the WSAE Innovation Task Force. First of all, our white paper on association innovation is nearly finished. Second, we are currently working on a new online community dedicated to innovation for associations. skip to main | skip to sidebar.

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APRIL 21, 2011

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

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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. Monday, August 16, 2010.

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Beth Kanter

AUGUST 5, 2014

Are leadership skills different for emerging “Millennial” leaders than for people from different generations? There’s an excellent summary by the study’s authors in this post, “ Preparing Millennials for Leadership Success ,” the tips include: 1. Leadership'

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JULY 17, 2010

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. Im also blogging about it here.

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

Monday, October 24, 2011. Why Innovation is Hard. A little over a month ago I attended WSAEs National Summit on Innovation for Associations. The first day of the summit was facilitated by Jeff De Cagna , and its focus was on building new capacities for innovation within the association community. Labels: Innovation.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

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. skip to main | skip to sidebar.

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MARCH 17, 2011

Thursday, March 17, 2011. Fear and Loathing in Association Leadership. Labels: Association Management , Leadership , Social Media. March 18, 2011 8:38 AM. March 18, 2011 10:40 AM. March 24, 2011 7:22 AM. March 25, 2011 9:28 AM. Developing Millennial Leaders. Innovation. Leadership.

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OCTOBER 13, 2010

Generations, Leadership, and Default Modes. Erics last post about the Generation X approach to leadership has me thinking. It makes sense to me that generations will view the idea of "leadership" differently, and the point Eric raised--is it okay for a leader to be unsure or admit he or she is wrong--is a good one. Innovation.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

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. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Tuesday, September 21, 2010.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

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. This is where the innovation rubber really hits the road.

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AUGUST 28, 2010

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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JULY 23, 2010

The Art of Leadership. I think the same concept applies to leadership in almost any endeavor--and especially in associations. Labels: Blogging , Leadership. Developing Millennial Leaders. Innovation. Leadership. Leadership Potential of GenX. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2011. at 3:37 PM.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

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. The "innovation readiness" tool will also provide a framework for this discussion, and will help us organize the strategies we hope to develop.

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OCTOBER 27, 2010

A Lost Generation of Leadership? The interview begins with: Q: You have said that the younger generation, people under 45 or so, should be taking over in business because they are showing stronger leadership and more focus on their "true north" than their seniors. link] "baby-boom-millennial-leadership"? Lost once again.

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