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Culture of Dissent
Here’s an interview with David Sacks of Yammer that’s packed with lessons for both inside entrepreneurs, and the leadership teams that are working to create cultures where entrepreneurship can thrive...
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10 Ways Leaders Undermine Collaborative Cultures
We’ve been reflecting a lot lately on the things that leaders do that inhibit or limit the benefits that more open forms of collaboration can deliver to an organization. We’ve compiled our list of 10...
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The Perception Gap
Most leaders know innovation is important — a recent study showed that 74% of top leaders say that innovation is either an important priority or an absolute imperative for their company. However,...
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The Failure Club
It’s the beginning of 2013. What kind of adventure do you have lined up this year? Ask yourself, are there ideas you have been putting off, too afraid due to fear of failure, that you know deep down...
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Visual Thinking Strategies
Recently, we had an opportunity to sit down with Ann DuCharme, an expert in Visual Thinking Strategies, a new tool that can be applied to enable and drive business model innovation. Visual Thinking...
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5 Signs You Need a New Brand Architecture
At the heart of it, Brand Architecture is a strategic, clearly documented organization of the brand’s current and future portfolio of offerings with the intent of driving clear, simple choices for the...
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Trust and Competency
Trust and competency go hand-in-hand in creating an environment where inside entrepreneurs can realize their potential. When leaders trust each other, it’s underwritten by a deep understanding of the...
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Culture of Dissent
Here’s an interview with David Sacks of Yammer that’s packed with lessons for both inside entrepreneurs, and the leadership teams that are working to create cultures where entrepreneurship can thrive...
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10 Ways Leaders Undermine Collaborative Cultures
We’ve been reflecting a lot lately on the things that leaders do that inhibit or limit the benefits that more open forms of collaboration can deliver to an organization. We’ve compiled our list of 10...
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The Perception Gap
Most leaders know innovation is important — a recent study showed that 74% of top leaders say that innovation is either an important priority or an absolute imperative for their company. However,...
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The Failure Club
It’s the beginning of 2013. What kind of adventure do you have lined up this year? Ask yourself, are there ideas you have been putting off, too afraid due to fear of failure, that you know deep down...
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Visual Thinking Strategies
Recently, we had an opportunity to sit down with Ann DuCharme, an expert in Visual Thinking Strategies, a new tool that can be applied to enable and drive business model innovation. Visual Thinking...
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3 Simple Tactics to Drive Employee Engagement Around Ideas
We often hear the question “What can I do to get my employees to contribute business-building ideas?” Often, this question is from leaders who, in an earnest quest for ideas, have tried the...
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Creating a Community of Collisions That Leads to Innovation
We were recently inspired by a talk we heard Zappos’ CEO Tony Hsieh give at an event at Procter & Gamble. He talked about, among lots of other things, the transformation he is passionately driving...
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The Garage Group Gives Thanks
As we close in on Thanksgiving and the rest of the holiday season to follow, our team has been reflecting a lot on what we’re thankful for, both personally and professionally. This year has brought...
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5 Ways to Foster a More Innovative Work Culture
With the arrival of a new year, many of us are reflecting on what we’ve accomplished over the past 365 days, both personally and professionally. What went right? What went wrong? How can we improve...
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Entrepreneur Spotlight: Stephen Jordan (Director of Innovation Strategy,...
Stephen Jordan is the Director of Innovation Strategy at Batterii, a Cincinnati tech startup with a mission to empower people to make a difference as creative collaborators. We sat down with Stephen...
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Food for Thought, February Edition
We love our collaborative culture here at The Garage Group; we’re constantly swapping interesting articles, events and other snippets from around the Internet that are relevant to our mission and...
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Putting Out PR Fires in the Age of Transparency
We’ve officially entered the “age of transparency.” In response to consumer demand, more and more companies are jumping on the “honest” bandwagon, pulling back the curtain on everything from their...
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6 Innovation Tips from The Google Ventures Team
When we heard that Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky and Braden Kowitz (the guys from Google Ventures) wrote a book on innovation, we knew we had to get our hands on it immediately. And, it didn’t disappoint....
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