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  • From Machines to Living Systems: What Margaret Wheatley Can Teach Us About HI + AI

    When we integrate HI + AI, we create what Wheatley envisioned — organizations that are intelligent in both senses: data-driven and deeply human.

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  • Introducing the Creative Confidence System: A New Way to Measure and Build Creativity

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  • Reframing the Reframe: Integrating Four Frames and Challenger Models within the Innovation Funnel

    How Innovative Leaders See Differently Inside Their Organizations and Help Others See Differently Outside Them

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  • The Five Organizational Personas of the Creative Confidence Index

    The Creative Confidence Index (CCI) measures how creativity and innovation actually show up across an organization’s culture, systems, and leadership.

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  • If AI Kills the Org Chart, What Replaces It?

    The end of the org chart is the beginning of something better: fluid, adaptive organizations powered by human creativity and AI.

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  • What’s Your Problem? #9 – How to Turn Innovation Talk Into Action

    We’ve been through so many changes over the past few years—new strategies, new systems, new leadership. Now, every time we propose something new, my team’s energy crashes.

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  • What’s Your Problem? #8 – How to Illustrate Innovation Ideas Before Buy-In

    What’s Your Problem? #8 – How to Illustrate Innovation Ideas Before Buy-In

    My team is constantly asked to “show” our innovation ideas before we gain buy-in, but we struggle with how to illustrate our concepts effectively.

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  • Struggling with idea overload? Learn how to manage innovation ideas without getting stuck—practical advice for leaders and tea

    What’s Your Problem? #7 – Combating Innovation Idea Overload

    There’s no clear path to move forward, and we’re starting to lose momentum. How do we decide which ideas are worth investing in without overthinking it?

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  • If you can't mesure it, you can't manage it–especially when it comes to innovation.

    What’s Your Problem? #6 – Measuring Innovation Effectiveness

    I’m used to seeing a return on investment. Revenue. Margins. Operational efficiency. What’s the innovation equivalent of a P&L? How do I explain this to my board or justify it to myself?

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  • Facing pressure to “do something with AI”? Learn how to align AI initiatives with business objectives for clarity and impact.

    What’s Your Problem? #5 – Aligning AI Strategy with Business Goals

    Our executive team is under pressure to “do something with AI,” but no one agrees on what that means.

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  • What’s Your Problem? #4 – Identifying the Root Cause of Business Problems

    We know defining the right problem is essential to designing a successful solution. How do we know we’ve identified the true root problem, rather than symptoms?

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  • From Platform to Playform

    How Replacing Structure with Curiosity Can Unlock What Platforms Can’t

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