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Are You an Innovator or a Producer?

YourMembership

Are Innovation and Production at Odds? HBR posted a good article recently about Why Managers Don’t Really Want to Innovate. The article pointed out that most companies are not willing to devote time to innovation because innovative time steals from production time. The same can be said of innovation.

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Good Enough: the silent killer of organizations

YourMembership

Good Enough Will Poison Your Organization – Friday Fix. Being comfortable is not the road to innovation. ” Joe Gerstandt suggests you should go so far as to invite struggle into your organization. It’s an organization and motivation killer. ©1998–2011, YourMembership.com Inc. Partner Programs.

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You’ve Got to Read This: September 20, 2011

Reid All About it

This is a big week in the association management industry — the week of Innovation Talks , aka #asaeinnov. I wrote about innovation in associations last week for the Avectra blog and will have another post on Wednesday about how Disney encourages an innovative culture. I think I’ve done at least six of them.

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Want Innovation? Look at Management

Jamie Notter

Want Innovation? There was a time in the not-too-distant past when the people who were advocating for innovation in organizations were considered a bit on the fringe. Maybe they were the technology geeks–because that’s where we assumed innovation happened, at the product level. Look at Management.

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You’ve Got to Read This: September 13, 2011

Reid All About it

Are you sick of hearing about innovation? Although a buzz word, innovation is healthy for organizations. Frank Fortin , Chief Digital Strategist at the Massachusetts Medical Society, discovered The Sexiness of Unsexy Innovation. I hope not. photo by Fergus Ray Murray (Flickr).

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Eric Lanke: Secrets of Innovation

Eric Lanke

Innovation. Monday, November 7, 2011. Secrets of Innovation. One of the presentations they organized was a panel of the member CEOs, talking about challenges in their environment and some creative solutions that they have seen. Not surprisingly, the question of innovation came up. Labels: Innovation.

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Eric Lanke: Innovation Does Not Happen Online

Eric Lanke

Innovation. Monday, December 19, 2011. Innovation Does Not Happen Online. Sometimes, they seem so strident in their demand for online interaction as a way to drive collaboration and innovative practice, its almost as if they think online communities are a prerequisite for innovation. Because its innovative.