6 Simple Growth Hacks for Startups
Building a new business is tough. These strategies will help your startup succeed without a big investment. As…
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Don’t Lose Your Best People. Use the 9-Box Grid to Grow Your Future Talent.
Keep and develop your best people to create a high-performance culture and competitive advantage. Hiring good people is tough. Retaining your…
Empathy: The Currency of Human Connection—and Innovation.
Having worked with innovation teams from global companies like Visa, Colgate-Palmolive, Kimberly-Clark, Disney, Medtronic and many others, there’s one…
Use Leading and Lagging Indicators to Drive Your Business Forward
You get what you measure, so make sure you’re tracking the right things. I’ve seen a lot of organizations create…
5 Innovation Lessons from the Backstory of OpenTable.com
In 1998, Chuck Templeton started a company called EasyEats.com. I went to high school with Chuck. We discussed the business…
Use “Calculated Optimism” for More Strategic Decisions
Harvard Research Suggests Pessimism Is Bad for Business. Replace pessimism with “calculated optimism” for better decision-making. Research from Harvard University…
Use Intuition for Innovation Just Like Apple and Target
‘Unconscious thinking’ helps you analyze data so you make the best decisions. I get asked a lot about how much…
How to See Your Hidden Assumptions
Successful strategy and innovation are about how fast you can become aware of your assumptions. When it comes to strategy…
Work Backward to Drive Innovation Forward
Here’s how Amazon defines the ideal customer experience and then works backward to create it. Everyone wants to uncover the…
Organize innovation to fit your strategy & culture.
Companies don’t fail at innovation due to lack of ideas. They often don’t create the right innovation structure to implement…
Innovation Teams in a Virtual World
Innovation is an art and science. Here’s how to help your team generate and prioritize the best ideas and opportunities…