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How to ask open-ended questions
How to avoid awkward silences
How to show interest in others
2. Listen
Improved listening leads to better understanding of ideas. As a leader, we must focus on listening intently and comprehending as much as we can understand in order to better guide and identify the spaces that needs focusing.
Remember: Your team knows you and your company the best, therefore it's only right that we give them the space to be heard and ask questions.
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1. Empower
Provide a platform to empower people as equals in addressing innovation. As they say, "the best innovation often comes from withint an organization" which are usually sparked by comments such as "why do we do that?"
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3. Clear the "WHY"
The "why" is often difficult to define but it's important that we know our "why" because when we do, the rest becomes so much easier.
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4. Friction
Often there will be friction between managers and members and removing friction is the first step to disruption. We should remove the bias which provides the bandwidth for people and resources to focus on changing things for the future.
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7. Fast
It is dire that we move quickly in every aspect when it comes to innovation. Early ideas should be shared to provide the ability for people to contribute.
We shouldn't wait for the perfect report because failure is OK as long as we're pushing the boundaries of innovation because it won't al...
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Heptagon Thinking
This is a seven step system that's been developed to guide collaboration with customers that allows them to make major changes that disrupts industries.
Althought the change won't be instant since it takes effort, communication, and commitement, but it will ultimately provide the capacity ...
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6. Space
It's important to build in time and space for stakeholders to think and reflect. Often, it is the uninterrupted space that allows many of us to reflect, to each their own.
When we have a team with diverse perspectives, it is often the space that allows for the best discussions to take plac...
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5. Famous
Innovation will continue to have its greatest impact for an organization if we remember "what are we famous for?"
Focus on the specifics and make it something simple.
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1. Actively vet your leads
Marketing needs to be laser-focused on generating leads that fit your ideal customer profile in order to reduce churn. We do this because it is inevitable that some poor-fit leads will still be generate and passed on to the sales division.
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