The Hourglass Blog

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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The Hourglass Blog

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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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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The Hourglass Blog

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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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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The Hourglass Blog

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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The Hourglass Blog

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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The Hourglass Blog

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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Membership Marketing

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

In addition to looking at the tactics and strategies that typically correlated to success, we also asked respondents to rate how innovative their association is and what level of value that they are delivering to members. So if innovation and value are so important, how are associations innovating and providing additional value to members?

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The Hourglass Blog

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. image source.

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The Hourglass Blog

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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The Hourglass Blog

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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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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The Hourglass Blog

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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The Hourglass Blog

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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The Hourglass Blog

JULY 29, 2010

Barriers to Innovation in the Association World. In one of my last posts I shared the principles of innovation weve drafted as part of the "innovation for associations" white paper being written by the WSAE Innovation Task Force. Limited resources Innovative organizations commit resources to the process of innovation.

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Jamie Notter

JANUARY 31, 2012

This weekend I taught a three-hour session on Systems to students in Georgetown’s Organization Development and Change Leadership Certificate program. The different parts of the system in many organizations spend a lot of time in this dance. Moneyball and Management Innovation. The Results of Management Innovation.

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Leading Learning

JULY 12, 2021

Organizations of all types—for-profit and tax-exempt—have been talking about digital transformation for many years, yet association efforts continue to lag. Your association may claim values like collaboration and innovation. Why is that? For-profits don’t have anything analogous to chapters or affiliates. But is that really true?

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Eric Lanke

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Innovation. Monday, September 26, 2011. 6 comments: Jeffrey Cufaude September 26, 2011 8:39 AM It's a great question Eric. Reply Delete Michael Long September 26, 2011 2:55 PM Good question Eric. Reply Delete Eric Lanke September 26, 2011 7:45 PM Good comments all. Eric Lanke. Association executive and author.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2011

Sunday, February 20, 2011. A couple of posts ago I mention a post from HBRs Andrew McAfee about how the connected habits of Millennials are benefting organizations. Well, a week after that one, McAfee posted another , this one about what goes wrong when Millennials take their connected habits too far. But, you know what?

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The Hourglass Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

This is another one of those posts challenging the assumption that as Millennials storm their way into the workforce theyre going to radically change the landscape and force organizations to adapt to their idiosyncratic ideals in order to harness their power and survive. Millennials arent any different. Millennial: Yes we are!

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The Hourglass Blog

JANUARY 2, 2012

2011 has drawn to a close, and that means its time to close up shop here at The Hourglass Blog. Despite my September 2011 announcement that I was moving to a new blog, traffic here at Hourglass has remained strong, allowing 2011 to post some of the best numbers in the blogs history. Developing Millennial Leaders.

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 26, 2011

Thursday, May 26, 2011. This is part two of my reaction to Jeff De Cagnas excellent article on business model innovation for associations in the April 2011 issue of Associations Now. The WSAE white paper on innovation calls this understanding the mind of your community. skip to main | skip to sidebar.

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 8, 2011

Monday, August 8, 2011. Good and Bad Lessons for Association Innovation. Heres a link to a 15-minute HBR video with Vijay Govindarajan, coauthor of The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge. Its worth a look, full of some interesting lessons about innovation from the for-profit world.

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 29, 2011

Monday, August 29, 2011. In it, she challenges the traditional wisdom many organizations have for customer loyalty programs. Would any of them "take a bullet" for the organization that employs me? August 30, 2011 11:37 AM. August 30, 2011 8:31 PM. December 14, 2011 12:59 PM. Developing Millennial Leaders.

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The Hourglass Blog

JUNE 12, 2011

Sunday, June 12, 2011. This is the fourth and final part of my reaction to Jeff De Cagnas excellent article on business model innovation for associations in the April 2011 issue of Associations Now. Among other opportunities, the loss of control encourages new self-organized forms of associating. Image source. at 9:27 AM.

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 16, 2011

Monday, May 16, 2011. Normally I would just retweet something of his I find especially compelling, but given my last blog post of approaching innovation as an exercise in brand strategy, I thought Id expound a little more on something I read on Seths blog this week. Labels: Innovation , Marketing. Developing Millennial Leaders.

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The Hourglass Blog

MARCH 27, 2011

Sunday, March 27, 2011. In my last post , I talked about something I called 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. How many people are there in your organization?

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The Hourglass Blog

APRIL 11, 2011

Monday, April 11, 2011. If they’re anything like the people in my organization, they’re making decisions every day that carry strategic implications. How else will we be nimble enough to innovate? Labels: Innovation , Leadership. Developing Millennial Leaders. Innovation. Millennials.

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 31, 2011

Tuesday, May 31, 2011. This is part three of my reaction to Jeff De Cagnas excellent article on business model innovation for associations in the April 2011 issue of Associations Now. Labels: Innovation , Jeff De Cagna. Developing Millennial Leaders. Innovation. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2011.

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Jamie Notter

JANUARY 17, 2012

I’m all for pushing conflict down in the organization–get the people who have the conflict to actually resolve it, instead of letting them push it up the chain. Forcing these organic dynamics into our mechanical processes is a recipe for failure. Want Innovation? Next post: Humanize and the Millennial Generation.

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The Hourglass Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

Thursday, January 6, 2011. And what impact will that have on how you run your organization? If I ran my organization, I would utilize social media and YouTube extensively as a way to communicate with a huge constituency that is neither the member nor an unrelated, uninterested public. January 7, 2011 11:44 AM.

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The Hourglass Blog

JULY 5, 2010

Listen to how Erickson describes the new equation that she says will form the basis of trust between corporations and workers in the decades ahead: The organization will provide interesting and challenging work. And how, I wonder, will the Millennials who embrace this methodology be treated? Developing Millennial Leaders.

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OCTOBER 17, 2011

Monday, October 17, 2011. Rory Sutherland persuasively makes the case that organizations dont spend enough time working on the small stuff. Labels: Innovation. Developing Millennial Leaders. Innovation. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2011. Principled Innovation. ▼ 2011. (61).

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MARCH 17, 2011

Thursday, March 17, 2011. There is a real reluctance, evidently, at the top of many for-profit organizations, for opening oneself up to transparency and criticism. Why are so many not engaged with social media, either personally or on behalf of their organizations? Truly human organizations are courageous. Eric Lanke.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2011

Saturday, February 5, 2011. ” Then I read this post from Andrew McAfee about how the connected habits of Millennials are benefting organizations. This narration becomes part of the digital record of the organization, which means that it becomes searchable, findable, and reference-able. February 7, 2011 9:49 AM.

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JUNE 27, 2011

Monday, June 27, 2011. Leadership has to be about building the capacity and infrastructure for an organization to thrive in the future. June 27, 2011 8:11 AM. And yet, in most organizations, the only way upward in both pay and rank is by moving away from a skilled position and into a management position. Innovation.

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