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Developing the Human Experience

Paula Palmer

CONTENTS

Organizational Culture

Culture Assessment

Innovation Climate Questionnaire

Leadership

Communicating the Why

Permission through Resources

Team Composition

Empowerment

Summary

References

Isn’t it easy for top-line management to say, “We need to be more innovative!” Obviously, rapidly changing technology, highly competitive marketplaces, and shrinking investment dollars are some of the many factors that influence organizations to issue the directive to their workers to “be more innovative.” While there is a strong desire to create a more innovative organization, directives from the top by themselves are ineffective in truly inspiring innovation across an organization. At best, these ...

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