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Nine Top Drivers of Innovation in an Organization

Overview: Innovation strategy needs more than just a great kickoff meeting. To foster innovation, the entire organization needs to be involved, have access to the needed resources to innovate, and see their innovations celebrated across the company. Here are nine

How Communities Are Leveraging Technology to Address Racial Equity

Overview: Technology is allowing communities to both understand the scale and the nature of racial inequity in their midst. By improving access to technology, developing more effective technology, and using it to drive policy, they’re beginning to address long-standing racial issues.

How Nordstrom Is Using Innovation to Drive Better Results

Overview: Nordstrom, already facing headwinds due to changes in retail, has been using the data it aggregates to create more specific and meaningful private brands. It bring in new labels for pop-ups, and other approaches that keep the 120-year-old department

7 Ways Mind Maps Fuel Innovation

There are many different exercises that people use for innovation. But very few of them are as effective as mind mapping. Mind maps create an intuitive structure of thought that enables your team to map out their scenarios in a

How a Texas City Used LEGOS To Communicate to Its Citizens

Overview: A serendipitous meeting between a city official’s hobby and a freelancer’s brainstorm led to the city of Arlington, TX, creating a stop-motion LEGO movie to explain the city’s budget. The video has been a huge viral hit, helping the

Your Next Innovation Campaign

You’ve got some new ideas! Great job! So what’s next? There are two steps you need to take for your crowdsourced innovation community to be a success. First, implement ideas. If you’re not sure how to make that happen, give

6 Creative Innovation Exercises for Online Whiteboards

Innovation is a process that relies heavily on creativity and individual thinking. These are things that don’t come easily. In order to get your creative juices flowing it can be important to engage in creative thinking exercises and practice ways