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Participate in the 2019 Global State of Innovation Survey
We 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 [...]
Public Offering of Innovation Acceleration Process Workshop
Do 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. [...]
30% Discount for San Francisco Innovation Master Class
Would 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 [...]
10 Talent Strategies to Support Cultures of Innovation
Companies large and small are racing to digitize their operations and to find the new technology in their domain that will allow them to disrupt their competition and find new markets. The companies that succeed [...]
Talent Strategies Needed to Support Cultures of Innovation
I was honored to present and be part of a panel discussion at one of Silicon Valley’s legacy innovation centers, PARC, a Xerox Company in Palo Alto, July 26, 2018. I began my presentation [...]
Does the innovative ideas of your employees get stuck?
For many organizations, there is not a transparent and reliable process to allow employees to suggest and develop innovative ideas. Sometimes there is a process, but it falters with management decision-making. Participants in this [...]
The Economy’s Hidden Problem: We’re Out of Big Ideas
Dwindling gains in science, medicine and technology hold back growth; is America too risk-averse? By Greg Ip. The Wall Street Journal By all appearances, we’re in a golden age of innovation. Every month sees new [...]
Innovation: It’s Not The Idea, It’s What You Do With It
My colleague Ken Perlman recently spoke at a conference about helping leaders spark innovative ideas that can accelerate implementation and deliver results. Here he shares his observations, key for anyone responsible for delivering more than incremental [...]
Dr. Brooke Dobni Delivers Innovation Keynote Address at Heavy Construction Association Convention
Dr. Brooke Dobni provided the keynote address on innovation at the 60th Annual Convention of the Saskatchewan Heavy Construction Association. Dr. Dobni's address covered "The Role of Innovation in Business - the What, Why and [...]
Leadership May Not Be the Problem with Your Innovation Team
Last November we published an assessment on HBR.org to help readers diagnose the extent to which their organizations create conditions that favor successful innovation. About 1,500 people completed the assessment, representing organizations across industries at different stages [...]
How to Create an Exponential Mindset
Digital business models are a bit of a misnomer. It’s not digital technology that defines them; it’s their ability to create exponential value. The music and video industries, for example, weren’t redefined by converting analog [...]
Start-ups Get an Unusual Message: Go Slow, Think Small
Startup founders often feel pressure to chase rapid growth at any cost. So it is notable that one new program urges them to think small. In an era of startup accelerators, the Good Work Institute, [...]
Culture drives higher performance than employee engagement
By Victor Assad Organizations that want to improve their productivity, innovation, and financial performance won't address all the issues by focusing on employee engagement. Instead, they’ll get much better results if they focus on [...]
Comparing Six Innovation Factors Among Firms & R&D Labs
Private sector, government research and development (R&D) labs, and attendees at the 2023 Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) National Meeting held in Cleveland, Ohio, now have empirical guidance from InnovationOne, LLC, on [...]
Innovation teams need cognitive diversity
By Victor Assad We have long advocated the importance of cognitive diversity for successful innovation. Successful innovation teams have much higher cognitive diversity. The trick is identifying cognitive diversity among people for more successful [...]
Stay ahead of labor force trends by improving your organizational culture
By Victor Assad Last week, there was an explosion of news about the labor force that rocked the stock market. The big surprise was that hiring was significantly higher than expected. There was some [...]
Gallup: The office alone has no magic to create a great organizational culture
By Victor Assad, Managing Partner of InnovationOne, LLC Gallup’s 2023 State of the Global Workforce reveals a wealth of information about the workplace and the workforce. For example, did you know that: Employee engagement [...]
Google’s 10 Behaviors of Great Managers continue to succeed!
By Victor Assad, Managing Partner of InnovationOne, LLC. Google researchers launched Project Oxygen 15 years ago to understand what makes people great managers. In 2018, some 10 years after Google’s original report, its researchers [...]