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7 Qualities of Team Leaders Who Drive Innovation!
Victor Assad2019-05-06T16:12:40-07:00Many executives we work with are frustrated in their efforts to improve the innovation of their companies. One of the problems? Middle management gets in the way of innovative employees by clinging to dominant leader styles. Our experience and the lessons of empirical research shows that middle management can be the key to a company [...]
Join the hundreds of others learning new innovation trends! Two days left…
Victor Assad2019-03-28T10:44:49-07:00New research is underway which will provide extraordinary insights for you on how companies become innovative. InnovationOne, LLC and The Conference Board have launched the 2019 Global State of Innovation Survey. You can be a part of it. But there is only two days left to complete the Survey. Our 2017 Global State of Innovation Survey showed that highly [...]
Haphazard innovation fails. Six steps for superior innovation results!
Victor Assad2019-03-12T15:56:44-07:00Some 170 of the world’s largest companies (as measured by revenue), have a declining return on investment for their innovation projects, according to research. Why? Many companies under pressure to show that they can disrupt a market (or starve off disruption) are pursuing innovation haphazardly. Many of their investments end up being non-strategic, poorly linked [...]
Participate in the 2019 Global State of Innovation Survey
Victor Assad2019-03-12T15:57:43-07:00We are excited to invite you (those of you in management) to participate in new and exciting research being conducted to identify what drives innovation in organizations and the tools, measures, and talent strategies necessary to be a highly innovative company. InnovationOne, LLC and The Conference Board are launching the 2019 Global State of Innovation Survey. The [...]
How Silicon Valley Works…Ecosystems Breaking Traditions for Transformations
Victor Assad2018-12-11T14:26:22-08:00Many business leaders don’t get Silicon Valley. They know the reputation, the high-tech giants, the casual dress, the innovation that fails and succeeds in Silicon Valley and the unicorns. But the common theme among the SV innovation labs, venture capitalists, and start-ups at The Conference Board’s 6th Annual Innovation Master Class hosted at the [...]
Public Offering of Innovation Acceleration Process Workshop
Victor Assad2018-12-03T16:24:29-08:00Do you have a process that allows leaders and employees to suggest and develop innovation ideas? The Innovation Acceleration Process program will focus on processes and tools needed to brainstorm, prioritize, and develop innovative ideas. Join facilitators Brooke Dobni and Victor Assad on January 22-23, 2019 to learn what drives innovation in organizations and how to [...]
Strategy Shift: Innovation and risk as the foundation for strategy and financial success.
Victor Assad2018-12-03T15:17:20-08:00Organizations around the world are facing ever-changing customer preferences, generational shifts, the need to digitize their operations, and disruptions from well-funded start-ups outside of their domains. In our experience consulting with firms, we have learned two certainties related to innovation and strategy. This blog is based on the academic paper, “Strategy shift: Integrating strategy and [...]
Digitizing Your Company? Success Depends Largely on One Factor…
Victor Assad2018-11-14T08:56:54-08:00Empirical evidence has long shown that transparent, collaborative and adaptive cultures empower business and financial success by enabling innovation.[i] Now companies are learning that if they do not have innovative cultures their digitization strategies languish. According to McKinsey’s 2018 Global Survey on digital transformation, 80% of the nearly 1800 respondents have launched digitization efforts in [...]
30% Discount for San Francisco Innovation Master Class
Victor Assad2018-11-06T15:50:16-08:00Would you like to connect with more innovation experts? Are you ready to expand your role as an innovation leader? If so, then I encourage you to join us for the 6th Annual Innovation Master Class on December 6-7, 2018 in Palo Alto at George E. Pake Auditorium at PARC, A Xerox Company. InnovationOne has partnered [...]