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Innovation Insight: How to Develop the Climate for Innovation

KnowledgeBrief clients were joined this month by Andy Wilkins, Cass Business School, to explore how leaders can immediately improve innovation and high performance in their organisation through strategically using the power of climate.

Katherine Raleigh
Katherine Raleigh

Thu 26 Jan

Innovation Insight: How to Prepare for M2M and IoT
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Innovation Insight: How to Prepare for M2M and IoT

Finalising a very interesting and fruitful 2016, we ended the year exploring future technologies and innovations that leaders need to be addressing, both in the short and long term. This month, we invited thought leader Professor Mischa Dohler, King’s College London, to share his thoughts on the innovation forecast of 2017 and beyond.

Katherine Raleigh
Katherine Raleigh

Fri 16 Dec

Bridge the gap between search and selection in crowdsourcing
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Bridge the gap between search and selection in crowdsourcing

Welcome to the latest in a new series of brief interviews with guest experts from KnowledgeBrief’s Innovation Programmes, providing a window into the experts’ latest ideas and new advice for executives.

Katherine Raleigh
Katherine Raleigh

Thu 24 Nov

Innovation Insight - How to Crowdsource Innovation: Leverage the Wisdom of Crowds
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Innovation Insight - How to Crowdsource Innovation: Leverage the Wisdom of Crowds

Do all crowds have wisdom? Yes, according to guest expert Dr. Matthew Mount from Leeds Business School. This month, KnowledgeBrief clients explored how to bolster their internal innovation capacity with crowdsourcing, and the managerial challenges that need addressing when unlocking the wisdom of crowds.

Katherine Raleigh
Katherine Raleigh

Wed 23 Nov

Can haters be useful? The power of being divisive
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Can haters be useful? The power of being divisive

Welcome to the latest in a new series of brief interviews with guest experts from KnowledgeBrief’s Innovation Programmes, providing a window into the experts’ latest ideas and new advice for executives.

Katherine Raleigh
Katherine Raleigh

Wed 26 Oct

Innovation Insight: How a Bad Reputation Can Foster a Stronger Corporate Culture
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Innovation Insight: How a Bad Reputation Can Foster a Stronger Corporate Culture

At this month’s Innovation Day, Dr. Thomas Roulet, King’s College London, shared his recent research about the most hated companies and what we can learn from how these companies survive a bad reputation and build a stronger organisational identity.

Katherine Raleigh
Katherine Raleigh

Wed 19 Oct

Celebrate the little c rather than the big C
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Celebrate the little c rather than the big C

Welcome to the third in a new series of brief interviews with guest experts from KnowledgeBrief’s Innovation Programmes, providing a window into the experts’ latest ideas and new advice for executives.

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Jeanne Meinholt

Mon 26 Sep

Innovation Insight: How to Use Creative Techniques in Agile Design for Better Business Processes
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Innovation Insight: How to Use Creative Techniques in Agile Design for Better Business Processes

At September’s Innovation Day, KnowledgeBrief clients were joined by Professor Neil Maiden, Cass Business School, to hear his latest research on agile processes and how to inject creativity techniques into them.

Katherine Raleigh
Katherine Raleigh

Tue 20 Sep

Innovation Programme Evolution - Introducing: Edge and Engine
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Innovation Programme Evolution - Introducing: Edge and Engine

Our Innovation programmes help organisations to excel by applying the latest management and leadership ideas. Continuously upgrading the design of the programmes has been vital to their continued success. This year’s upgrade introduces two new concepts: Innovation Edge and Engine.

Matthew Wolstenholme
Matthew Wolstenholme

Tue 13 Sep

Harness Fear and Anxiety for Better Strategy
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Harness Fear and Anxiety for Better Strategy

Welcome to the second in a new series of brief interviews with guest experts from KnowledgeBrief’s Innovation Programmes, providing a window into the experts’ latest ideas and new advice for executives.

Katherine Raleigh
Katherine Raleigh

Thu 25 Aug

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