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Open Innovation and Network Orchestration

Open Innovation and Network Orchestration

Learn about the relationship between open innovation and network characteristics in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Innovative Enterprise Theory & Practice

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Getting your market entry timing right

Getting your market entry timing right

Good timing is taking advantage of external trends and events as they emerge. Learn how to optimize your market entry timing.

Good Governance Innovative Enterprise Theory & Practice

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The power and danger of intuition

The power and danger of intuition

Intuition that is available only to a few exceptional individuals is often called creative. Creative intuitions can be found by identifying patterns.

Creative Leadership Personal Mastery Theory & Practice

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Keep your creative mavericks alive

Keep your creative mavericks alive

Overturn the common resistance against hiring external creative mavericks and the fear is that this is admitting defeat or, dismissing internal expertise.

Creative Leadership Theory & Practice

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Business enterprise and collaborative commons

Business enterprise and collaborative commons

In this article, we link Peter R. Drucker's work on the future of the social sector with the potential of global governance through collaborative commons.

Innovative Enterprise Theory & Practice

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Resilience and vitality

Resilience and vitality

Resilience and vitality are essential for reducing stress at the workplace. Learn how to reduce work-related stress and foster innovative behavior.

Creative Leadership Theory & Practice

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Accepting and mastering paradox

Accepting and mastering paradox

Creative leaders must perfect their ability in accepting and mastering paradox by learning how to recognize change and enforce stability.

Creative Leadership Theory & Practice

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Adaptive and creative leadership

Adaptive and creative leadership

Adaptive and creative leadership require continuous innovation. Find out how adaptive and creative leadership can be used to effectively guide creativity.

Innovative Enterprise Theory & Practice

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Social capital and profitability

Social capital and profitability

This article examines the role of social capital in business settings and its effect on innovation outcomes as well as overall firm performance.

Good Governance Theory & Practice

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Intuition and disciplined sensing

Intuition and disciplined sensing

Find out how intuition and disciplined sensing are used to produce creative and innovative ideas in the context of architectural design.

Creative Leadership Innovative Enterprise Theory & Practice

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Intuition and deliberation

Intuition and deliberation

We live in an age of change and uncertainty, where only the most versatile survive. This is where intuition and deliberation become critical to innovate.

Personal Mastery Theory & Practice

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Co-designers and lead users

Co-designers and lead users

In a transition from mass consumption to customized, tailor-made products, the creation process now involves co-designers and lead users.

Innovative Enterprise Theory & Practice

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