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9 Habits That Lead to Terrible Decisions
September 5, 2014 Editor 0
Several years ago we came up with a great idea for a new leadership-development offering we thought would be valuable to everyone. We had research demonstrating that when people embarked on a self-development program, their success increased dramatically when they received follow-up encouragement. We developed a software application to offer that sort of encouragement. People […]
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The Heretic’s Guide to Getting More Done
March 29, 2014 Editor 0
Are you working endlessly but not accomplishing all you want? Mystified that continuous attention to work is not resulting in satisfactory progress toward your goals? So focused on work that you’re not thinking about or doing much else? If so, you may not be giving your brain the benefit of adequate downtime. A recent article in […]
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The Other Factor that Makes an Idea Spread
February 19, 2014 Editor 0
How do ideas spread? Previous research has focused on what happens to the sharers of an idea: what emotions they feel, what types of content inspire them to share (practical, funny, “sticky” and so on). And it is true that from memetics to mirror neurons to social contagion, it is likely that for any given […]
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“We’ve Got Creative Differences”: The Effects of Task Conflict and Participative Safety on Team Creative Performance
November 20, 2013 Editor 0
Abstract Although both participative safety and team task conflict are widely thought to be related to team creative performance, the nature of this relationship is still not well understood, and prior studies have frequently yielded conflicting results. This study examines the ambiguity in the extant literature and proposes that both constructs must exist in tandem. […]
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28 IDEA KILLERS
November 3, 2013 Editor 0
Every one of us knows reasons why creativity and innovation are stopped in our organizations. It happens everyday, everywhere in the world. And every time a good idea is stopped, it’s one too many. That’s why I present in chapter five of my new book ‘The Innovation Expedition’, which you can download at the top […]
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Be a Minimally Invasive Manager
November 2, 2013 Editor 0
So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work. —Peter Drucker One of the hardest things for entrepreneurs to learn is that most of the time, the best thing they can do is get out of the way of the people actually doing the work. That’s the core […]
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