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Building a Brand? Do Not Hire For Talent, Education, or Skill.
If you want to build an iconic, differentiated brand, the last thing you want to do is to do what others are doing. This applies to most areas of business, but even more so in building your team. Why shouldn't you hire for talent, skills or education? What else is...
Leading Through Crisis: What Every Manager and Leader MUST Know
Crisis happens all around the world, and when a new one strikes, it reminds us all of the stark reality of the times we live in. While we cannot avoid random events, we can use them to learn and become stronger leaders by guiding our people through the tough times. A...
Build Innovation by Doing These 5 Things Every Day
All of our talk here at InnoFuture about innovation principles is great, but every once in a while our readers want something concrete that they can immediately apply for results. The truth is, cultivating sustainable innovation and growth can be immediate, but it may...
Is Quality Really Better Than Quantity?
Studying business and thought leaders for any length of time, one is bound to notice a few key common traits among those who succeed...and those who don't. One of the more glaring contradictions between the two groups is the idea of quality over quantity. The all the...
What Really Drives Business Innovation?
Despite the many articles, blog posts, interviews, products, and webinars that InnoFuture has produced to better help businesses understand and achieve Innovation Culture, there is still confusion about the one thing that really drives innovation. Unfortunately, this...
Innovation Is Not Enough. Are we there yet?
A McKinsey article. MAY 2011 • James Manyika, Daniel Pacthod, and Michael Park It’s not just the United States that is facing a future in which the elements of economic leadership are moving abroad. Reversing these trends will require the private and public...
How to Build a Brand People Trust
Building the all-important brand trust starts with fresh rules and, therefore, requires breaking of some entrenched old habits. In this post, I'd like to overturn four of the most unhealthy business myths that impact on brand trust. 1. Business is Not Personal. In the...
Winning in Business, IDEO Style
In our article, The IDEO Code: The Art of Innovation, InnoFuture dove into the topic of how to innovate consistently in an ever-changing world. That was in 2011. Now, 2 years later, it seems Tom Kelley really knows the secret to winning in business innovation. In...
Innovative Business Culture Through Disruption
Business leaders of the past were terrified of disruption. In an age when efficiency was achieved through sameness and production lines, disruption was considered the enemy of profits. Business leaders of today are embracing and even cultivating disruption - and...