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"My previous post, Skip the buy-in and get ’em addicted, is about using a Proof of Concept and beyond model as a fast track to your fulfilling your vision. A way to penetrate the hierarchy in an unorthodox way, and get them to "feel it" and see living proof of it’s usefulness, rather than a Powerpoint pitch, or proposal document (or as living proof of your proposal).

It’s cheeky, but you are doing them a favour at the same time, as you have living contextual proof of the viability (by going ahead and doing it yourself), as opposed to buy-in approval, strategies, time, more time, and some more time…only to not get approved."

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"The five attributes the authors identified as relevant for innovation are: associating (making connections across unrelated ideas or problems), questioning (especially focused on "what if" or "why not"), observation (especially observing behavior), experimentation (new experiences or exploration) and networking (especially with people from different industries or perspectives). Let's assume these factors are correct - from my experience they appear to be. Then, let's compare to what happens in many firms today."

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Recognized by Fortune magazine as “the world’s leading strategy expert in business today”,
Gary Hamel has outlined ten design rules for innovation for companies intent on generating sustained wealth in the future:

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I’ve been thinking about a couple of things my CIO clients are wrestling with, and how these might be better approached jointly rather than as separate challenges. These are:

1. How to strengthen Business-IT Relationships in the context of the current economic climate.
2. How to experiment with, learn from and foster Social Networking in the business context (rather than the more common “Facebook-like” personal context.
3. How to sharpen and refocus the role of IT for the global recession.

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The very nature of work is changing. It is . . .

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