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The Modern Craftsman’s Guide: Work with Dignity – 99U
“The autonomy that many of us enjoy requires greater responsibility in making the deliberate decisions about how we choose to conduct ourselves in our work. What decision can you make today to bring greater dignity to yourself and your work? What does the first step of greater dignity in work look like for you?”
Curiosity
Craftsmanship
HumilityHT @TreyBoden
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5 Tips for New Team Leaders – Jeanne DeWitt – Harvard Business Review
HT @CenterTeach
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success out of the gate is normally tied to being truly open to learning, communicating openly and honestly, and ultimately being prepared to take action when you know where the team needs to head.
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Relevance and Purpose = Engagement, Motivation, and Persistence « Annie Murphy Paul
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Make Innovation Systematic and Never Again Ask ‘Why Didn’t We Think of That?’
HT @MeghanCureton
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Innovation occurs when an individual or small group collects significant amounts of information about a myriad of topics and identifies trends, gleans insights, and draws conclusions about how a new paradigm might be introduced to fundamentally change an existing market or create a brand new one to solve a basic problem.
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In other words, innovation is as much about collecting information and connecting the dots as it is about building a product.
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Systematic innovation requires the development of key processes that promote the intersection of these dichotomous ideals. These processes must support five key capabilities that organizations need to systematically develop.
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1. Diverse information gathering.
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2. Creative analytical processing.
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3. Deep technological understanding.
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4. Tight cross-functional collaboration.
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5. Broad product experimentation.
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