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[Blog] We serve clients' best interests, not anyone's expectations
Innovation leaders can fall prey to either becoming "yes people" or gadflies for the sake of it. Don't. Be useful....
Steffen
Steffen Meyer advises corporations and startups on creating new businesses.
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[Leadership laws] The law of the quest for enlightenment
Make learning your team's be-all, end-all. Do it for all you do, not just for tactical research and testing work....
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[Tool] The C-Squared Learning Loops
In practice, teams often slack on capability building. But it's a critical, ongoing priority for innovation work....
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[Leadership laws] The innovation law of the guide to uncharted waters
To be IN control of innovation efforts, leaders must LET GO of it....
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[Open question] Does the world need innovation teams?
A new article argues that innovation teams are mostly useless. I disagree in part. What's your take?...
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[Leadership laws] The innovation law of Schrödinger's Cat
Innovation leaders must simultaneously get teams to celebrate progress made ... and to face that their results are not good enough yet....