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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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