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Culture First, Strategy Second

Oct 21, 2017 Departments, Employee Engaement 0

THE FIVE CRITERIA TO DEVELOP A CULTURE OF INNOVATION By Christiane Michaelis If you ask managers, employees or executives whether they want to work in a company that has a culture of innovation,...

How to Stave Off Business Maturity

Apr 08, 2017 Departments, Strategy 0

THREE STEPS TO STRATEGIC INNOVATION By Cecilia R. Edwards The old adage is still true today: “If a business isn’t growing, it’s dying.” In eras past, it may have been possible for a business...

How Do You Create a Culture of Innovation in the Construction Business?

Mar 18, 2017 Events, Features 0

Photography by Shannon Drawe A slip of paper pulled out of a fortune cookie spoke to Mike Sanford: “Embrace innovation and opportunities will follow.” Sanford, the director of virtual design and...

Building Innovation

Mar 13, 2017 Features Comments Off on Building Innovation

TURNER CONSTRUCTION BUILDS ON EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS By Valerie Jarvie Photography by Shannon Drawe Innovation – it’s the business watchword of our era on the lips of every forward-thinking CEO....

The New Workforce

Sep 03, 2016 Change Management, Departments 0

ROBOTS AND HUMANS, INNOVATING TOGETHER By Cliff Justice When we hear the term “robot,” we think of a machine that is programmed by a human and instructed by a computer, to carry out primarily...

The CEO Guide to the Art of Handling Pressure

Aug 20, 2016 BizBites 0

FIVE TIPS TO IMPROVE LEADERSHIP By Stephanie Chung Chief Executive Officers around the world have many things in common: the need for high achievement, remarkable problem solving skills, the desire...

If You Build It, Will They Come?

Jul 08, 2016 Departments, Entrepreneurship Comments Off on If You Build It, Will They Come?

GETTING BIOTECH VENTURE CAPITAL INTO HOUSTON By Graham Randall, PhD When it comes to transforming Houston’s promising biotechnology into marketable products, the number and size of venture...

Navigating Uncertainty When Launching a New Venture

Jun 11, 2016 Departments, Entrepreneurship 0

PREDICTING PROBABLE OUTCOMES OR CONSTRUCTING A NEW FUTURE? By Don Springer When CEOs launch an innovation or start a new business, the largest obstacle they face is uncertainty. Uncertainty stands in...

Are You Serious About Innovation?

May 28, 2016 Departments, Leadership 0

HOW TO SEPARATE INCREMENTAL GROWTH FROM INNOVATIVE PRACTICES By Art Markman, Ph.D. It has become common — almost obligatory — for business leaders to talk about the importance of innovation. The...

Innovative Businesses: One Fresh Idea – Alyson Eberle’s Pure Spoon Purees

May 28, 2016 Features, Innovators 0

The Product Everyone wants the best for their baby, especially when it comes to anything that could have a potential impact on an infant’s health — and that’s how Alyson Eberle stumbled...

Ask the Cover CEO: What are Your Secrets to Innovation?

May 13, 2016 Features, Innovators 0

HOW DO YOU BUILD A CULTURE OF INNOVATION WHERE THE BEST IDEA WINS RATHER THAN THE SAME IDEA? “Fear and caution are the killers of creativity, so it’s the job of leadership to encourage and...

5 Keys to Innovating Within Your Organization

May 07, 2016 Change Management, Departments 0

HOW TO FLY BEYOND THE STATUS QUO By Josh Team The harsh truth of innovation is that it’s fundamentally challenging to any organization. It questions an organization’s core beliefs, and it casts...

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