The Hourglass Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Film Directing Lessons in Innovation and Leadership. A new post, "Film Directing Lessons in Innovation and Leadership" has just gone up there. A new post, "Film Directing Lessons in Innovation and Leadership" has just gone up there. Labels: Innovation , Leadership. Innovation.

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The Hourglass Blog

JULY 11, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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. Developing Millennial Leaders.

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Association Freak

MAY 21, 2022

The Shifting Association Market. Some knew the market was shifting around them. This gave us an understanding of which market forces they were up against and, much more importantly, what they could do about it. Some knew the market was shifting around them. Market Pressures On Association Succeses.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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. Monday, September 19, 2011.

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 1, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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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The Hourglass Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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. Millennials. Principled Innovation. Innovation Does Not Happen Online.

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 11, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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. Image source.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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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Higher Logic

MAY 29, 2020

If a document like this doesn’t exist, hold some informational interviews with your executive director and the head of the board to figure out what the association's main goals are for the upcoming year. Many associations are looking to technology to help them achieve various goals like millennial recruitment and maximizing staff resources.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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. Monday, September 12, 2011.

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The Hourglass Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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. Simple and effective in underscoring the importance of execution in any innovation effort.

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The Hourglass Blog

MARCH 22, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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. Innovation.

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The Hourglass Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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.

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The Hourglass Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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

MAY 21, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. The Innovation Problem for Associations. “ Six Design Principles for Business-Model Innovation ” provides association executives with his usual thought-provoking push into territories we should really be spending more of our time in—but often don’t. Saturday, May 21, 2011.

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The Hourglass Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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. Labels: Hype , Innovation.

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The Hourglass Blog

JANUARY 26, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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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The Hourglass Blog

JANUARY 31, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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. Labels: Innovation , WSAE. at 9:18 PM.

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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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The Hourglass Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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.

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The Hourglass Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

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

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The Hourglass Blog

JUNE 5, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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

AUGUST 10, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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.

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The Hourglass Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Why Innovation is Hard. A little over a month ago I attended WSAEs National Summit on Innovation for Associations. A little over a month ago I attended WSAEs National Summit on Innovation for Associations. He adeptly focused our attention on forming new peer networks for innovation.

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The Hourglass Blog

APRIL 21, 2011

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

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The Hourglass Blog

JULY 17, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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. For Part 2 go here.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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. For Part 1 go here.

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Association Adviser

AUGUST 24, 2016

Look at innovation through two lenses—basic process improvement and big blue sky breakthroughs. John Graham: For me, the main takeaways I got from the Kelly brothers’ presentation was this: just because you are not good at something initially, doesn’t mean you can’t get good at it and improve. JG: Look at innovation through two lenses.

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 28, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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 15, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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. Heres the first: Does your leadership embrace innovation as one of the strategies necessary to achieve your goals?

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Leading Learning

JULY 12, 2021

The main challenge associations face in digital transformation initiatives is that digital transformation is an iterative process that includes both technologies and culture. Your association may claim values like collaboration and innovation. Why is that? But is that really true? About the Authors. Elizabeth Weaver Engel, M.A.,

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The Hourglass Blog

JUNE 5, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Innovation Needs "Leadership from Behind". Most would argue that these desires to be valued and to contribute to something larger than themselves are Millennial values, but I see them as more universal--something common to most of humanity. Saturday, June 5, 2010. But thats really a side point.

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The Hourglass Blog

JULY 29, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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. Thursday, July 29, 2010.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 16, 2018

Seventy-eight percent of millennials would rather spend their money on a desirable experience or event rather than buying something they want, according to an Eventbrite survey conducted by Harris. Furthermore, 77 percent of millennials said some of their best memories are from an event or live experience.

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The Hourglass Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. 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.

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The Hourglass Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Developing Millennial Leaders. Innovation. Millennials. Principled Innovation. It's Not Innovation If It Only Serves You. Innovation Does Not Happen Online. Monday, December 12, 2011. What Race for Relevance Inadvertently Taught Me About Committees. Communication.

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