Why You Should Look Outside Your Organization to Create Impact

Why You Should Look Outside Your Organization to Create Impact

The Economist's recent headline on "What Companies Are For" introduces a philosophical topic that every business should analyze. Organizations strive to become meaningful in ways intentional and unintentional. This means setting important goals, capturing long-term relationships with stakeholders, and behaving more responsively to customers and even entire communities. The goal of broadened ownership and increased social responsibility is to create a positive impact on society. Companies like UNICEF and The Social Impact Lab use innovation management platforms to connect to stakeholders directly and indirectly affected by social issues.

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The Use of the Cynefin Model for Innovation Management

The Cynefin Framework helps with innovation management by categorizing domains, identifying appropriate practices and constraints, and recognizing the complexity of innovation as a system.

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Putting the solution cart before the innovation horse

Many companies are skipping the necessary discovery work to select technologies or solutions and using innovation to validate their selections. This leads to poor outcomes and undermines the potential for true innovation.

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Innovation Dream Team

Innovation requires a team, and having the right roles, diversity, and processes in place can make all the difference in creating a Dream Team for successful innovation.

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