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Watch: Mack Institute co-director Valery Yakubovich participated in a fireside chat on corporate innovation with the Center for the Future of Organization, Drucker School of Management. "Corporate innovation remains one of the big challenges organizations face when they have reached a certain maturity stage and want to grow or reinvent themselves. We know that “exploiting” the present requires a different mind- and capability set as “exploring” future opportunities. How can we mitigate these conflicting rationales? How can we move beyond “innovation theater” – the hackathons, pitch-me sessions, or agile sprints that all too often remain empty exercises?" https://lnkd.in/eZYjEmHy

Join my 🔥 session, this Thursday, for a rousing discussion about operational excellence and business agility. 📈 I’ll share three case studies and lead a discussion about common challenges entrepreneurs and business owners face and how to overcome them when growing their businesses. Additional details below. #businessagility #leadership #managementskills #strategicplanning #changemanagement #operationalexcellence #burnoutprevention #goalsetting #growthmindset

July in New England is hard to beat ☀ It's a time where we get to soak up the sun, have cookouts w/friends, and hit the beach 🏖 While it's important that we all take time to relax and recharge (I know I certainly did over the 4th of July weekend), it's also important that we invest some time in staying sharp and growing our business skills and abilities. As author Jon Beaty once said: "If you're not growing, you're dying!" If it's a business skill tuneup you're looking for, stop by Venture Café Providence this Thursday for our weekly Thursday Gathering themed around Decision Making and Business Agility. Our program is intended to keep you sharp through these summer months. Our full program below: 🍺 4:30 - 7:30: Innovation on Tap: Enjoy a curated selection of beverages while connecting and engaging with members from the innovation ecosystem here in the Greater Providence area. 🏆 4:30 - 5:30: Conversation Corner - Why YOU Should Apply to the Startup World Cup How could your startup use $1,000,000? Venture Cafe Providence is partnering with Startup World Cup to host one of the regional pitch contests on Thursday, September 5th. Startup World Cup is a global series of conferences and competitions (75 +) with the goal of connecting startup ecosystems worldwide and encouraging the most talented entrepreneurs to compete for the prestige of winning the Startup World Cup and a $1 million prize in investment from Pegasus Tech Ventures. Join this Conversation Corner to learn why your startup should apply to participate in the Startup World Cup and how by doing so you will be able to compete for a $1 million investment. 🤔 5:15 - 6:00: Workshop - Embodied Decision Making for Business Seasoned Leadership and Executive Coach Sasha Cagen will guide us in an interactive talk, sharing research from the cutting-edge of neuroscience and decision-making. Sasha will help us explore how we can make more inspired and courageous decisions by developing and drawing on Body Intelligence. ⚙ 6:00 - 7:00: Ask the Expert - Operational Excellence and Business Agility Join us for an insightful Q&A session with Stephanie Kord Miller, founder of Empower Your Results. This is your opportunity to engage directly with Stephanie, an expert in operational excellence, strategic planning, resource management, and business agility. Gain valuable insights into navigating the dynamic landscape of organizational change. Bring your burning questions about business agility and effective decision-making. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or just starting your journey, Stephanie is here to provide guidance and share her wealth of knowledge. Whether you're coming for networking, to be a better founder/business owner, or to learn about the Startup World Cup, we hope to see you this Thursday starting at 4:30! Let us know to expect you below 👇

🔍 Are you measuring innovation the right way? Link in the first comment 👇 As innovation becomes an imperative across industries, traditional metrics might be holding your business back. Find out how companies are using advanced innovation metrics to drive creativity, growth, and a competitive edge. Go beyond conventional measures and focus on 💡 Cultivating a culture of innovation by encouraging experimentation and rewarding risk-taking behaviours. 💡 Enhancing organisational capabilities to meet the demands of an evolving competitive landscape. 💡 Providing clear evaluations of innovation efforts, measuring both the inputs (resources, capabilities) and outputs (financial returns, market impact). 💡 Supporting long-term growth through sustained investment in disruptive and incremental innovation. #businessgrowth #innovationmetrics #startupscouting #innovationscouting #openinnovation #corporateinnovation #ventureclienting #corporateventuring #framework #collaboration

C-suite leaders from the world’s top companies gather at World 50 Group to discuss and discover solutions to their most pressing business challenges. A focal point this month: transformation, as members connected with startup, corporate, and political leaders—and one another—to share best practices on fostering innovation. More below. ⬇ https://lnkd.in/eU-pcHJ3

Let's meet at the upcoming Emerging Founders event in Wroclaw on June 26! 🌟 I'm happy to share that I'll be joining the lineup of speakers during #EmergingFounders: Think Global event next week. In my session “Leveraging KPIs for Effective Change Management: When to Scale Up, Scale Down, or Terminate Projects", I'll be explaining the critical role of KPIs in steering your business through change. Join me if you're eager to learn about: 👉 Identifying and tracking essential KPIs for change management. 👉 Developing strategies to scale operations based on performance data to fit to GTM strategy 👉 Recognizing the signs that indicate the need to scale down/reapproach 👉 Making informed decisions on project termination to optimize resources 👉 How the company culture can support KPI-based change management Looking forward to hear the perspectives and expertise of the other speakers: 🔸 Paweł Kobusiński, CEO at GetSales - "Pit stop for your sales. How to fuel up leads, pimp your CRM and get the sales process going smoothly?"  🔸 Katarzyna Can, Founder of Hola HR, People & Culture Strategy Advisor - "EQ Leadership"  🔸 Alek Cierniewski, CEO of Automation First Business - "Automation First Mindset as a way to rapid scaling and operational excellence"  🔸 Bartek Postek, CEO Hanza Cofounders as a Service - "New trends for startup founders in "post-infinitive growth" era"  🔸 Stephen Burke, Co-founder and CEO at KARDI AI - "The founder's guide to exits: strategies for successful acquisition" 🔸 Maciej Zawadzinski, Partner at Hard2beat -  "Bootstrap or VC funding"  🔸 Piotr Orzechowski, CEO at Infermedica - "Scaling up your startup: lessons learned" 🔥🔥🔥 Don’t miss Fireside Talk with Bartosz Majewski, co-owner of Casbeg, about his book "101 Techniques for Managers"! 🔗 Let's connect and explore how data-driven insights can transform your business! 📅 Date: Wednesday, June 26th, 2024 📍 Location: BaseCamp in Wroclaw ⏰ Time: 5:00 PM 🎟️ Tickets and details: https://t.ly/1qTaI

we all know that one person who still saves a copy of the file to make their edits in, right? Why can't they just figure it out?! Culture, organization, and market development are the most common barriers to disruptive innovation. Check out some strategies HBR suggests for overcoming these challenges rather than continuing to indulge in versioning issues, and other common office blunders!

You wouldn’t call yourself an innovator, would you?    Think again.   We tend to divide people into ““innovators” and the rest. Innovators are highly prized because they make what seem to be the big leaps forward in any field. They are the “lighthouse” individuals, they stand out above the rest, and they get the fame, and sometimes the fortune, although many end up, like Mozart, dying in poverty. But the truth is that the lighthouse innovations never stand alone. There is more to lighthouses than light. Each one has solid foundations that can withstand terrible weather, there are the building blocks that raise the light to where it can be seen, and never forget all the ships and their crews that foundered on the rocks. They are the reason for the lighthouse, Innovation is never a one-off; the celebrated innovator is often the last kid holding the parcel when the music stops. The final innovation is built on huge numbers of tiny steps forward.  I was reminded of this last week at a company event when some great innovators (though I don’t think that’s what they would call themselves) presented what they had done, using their company’s products, to improve the efficiency and performance of their customers.  Productivity is built on a huge number of small innovations, often unnoticed and uncelebrated, that move us forward. Notice them and celebrate them. They may not win the prizes, but they move us forward, step by tiny step. #wisdom #transformationalleadership #riskmanagement #scenarioplanning #optimiseproductivity #robotsintheworkplace If you are interested in this Post or want help with the things we talk about, please get touch and follow us on LinkedIn at Defy Expectations.  We are doing some amazing work with our clients. Thank You, we really appreciate our followers!

You wouldn’t call yourself an innovator, would you?    Think again.   We tend to divide people into ““innovators” and the rest. Innovators are highly prized because they make what seem to be the big leaps forward in any field. They are the “lighthouse” individuals, they stand out above the rest, and they get the fame, and sometimes the fortune, although many end up, like Mozart, dying in poverty. But the truth is that the lighthouse innovations never stand alone. There is more to lighthouses than light. Each one has solid foundations that can withstand terrible weather, there are the building blocks that raise the light to where it can be seen, and never forget all the ships and their crews that foundered on the rocks. They are the reason for the lighthouse, Innovation is never a one-off; the celebrated innovator is often the last kid holding the parcel when the music stops. The final innovation is built on huge numbers of tiny steps forward.  I was reminded of this last week at a company event when some great innovators (though I don’t think that’s what they would call themselves) presented what they had done, using their company’s products, to improve the efficiency and performance of their customers.  Productivity is built on a huge number of small innovations, often unnoticed and uncelebrated, that move us forward. Notice them and celebrate them. They may not win the prizes, but they move us forward, step by tiny step. #wisdom #transformationalleadership #riskmanagement #scenarioplanning #optimiseproductivity #robotsintheworkplace If you are interested in this Post or want help with the things we talk about, please get touch and follow us on LinkedIn at Defy Expectations.  We are doing some amazing work with our clients. Thank You, we really appreciate our followers!