Michael Graber
Columnist
Michael Graber is the managing partner of the Southern Growth Studio, an insight, innovation, and growth firm, and the author of "Going Electric." Learn more at www.southerngrowthstudio.com.
There are 21 articles by Michael Graber :
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September 2018
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Business It is a heroic adventure being an innovation practitioner. To lead an organization to where it is ready to flex its culture, business model, practices and management style requires the types of talents and skills that only metaphors can describe: the hunting instincts of a lion, the fortitude of a buffalo, the wisdom of an owl and the patience of a turtle.
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October 2018
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Business Let’s Grow: Healthy dose of amnesia
When doing both strategic planning and innovation work, the biggest hurdles are your own experiences, worldviews, and knowledge of the market and players in it. -
Business Let’s Grow: Be ‘that department’
Which department acts like a lightening rod within your organization? You know that if they are called to participate in a meeting it will be both productive and enjoyable. You smile anticipating the meeting, even leaving your smartphone and laptop on your desk because you know it will be completely engrossing.
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November 2018
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Business Let’s Grow: Companies should focus on a growth mindset, not a fixed mindset
Richard Jupe, vice president, innovative product development, Altria. Jupe got to the point, fast. Altria’s strategy: reduce risk and expand choice. “We have a dual engine. We are changing our culture with this model,” he says. -
Business Let’s Grow: Finding focus in the midst of ambiguity
A Back End of Innovation conference keynote by Jon Kolko, partner, Modernist Studio. Kolko started out by discussing the myth of creativity and how it becomes mystified in the workplace. “Nothing is further than the truth,” he adds. -
Business Let’s Grow: Driving culture change in large companies
Highlights of a Back End of Innovation keynote by Alex Goryachev, managing director of innovation strategy and programs at Cisco's Corporate Strategic Innovation Group. -
Business Let’s Grow: Four secrets of successful intrapreneurship
A keynote presentation by Paul Campbell, chief innovation officer at W.L. Gore & Associates, from the Back End of Innovation Conference. -
Business Let’s Grow: Keep your business nimble by thinking ‘the Startup Way’
Highlights of a Back End of Innovation Conference keynote by Eric Ries, author of “The Lean Startup” and “The Startup Way.”
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December 2018
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Business Let’s Grow: Design a workplace that fosters innovation
A talk from the Back End of Innovation Conference by Melissa Steach, I-O psychologist, human factors and ergonomics specialist, Herman Miller Inc. -
Business Let’s Grow: The system is rigged against innovation
Work in innovation for more than a decade you see familiar patterns. One of the most damning, yet predictable ones is relying on the core business units to commercialize innovations outside of their core. -
Business Let’s Grow: Leverage suppliers to accelerate innovation
Corporate innovation teams face an uphill battle to commercialize products and services. Instead, leverage the people who depend on your business to thrive – your suppliers – to innovate on your behalf.
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January 2019
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Business Let’s Grow: Increased R&D doesn’t equal innovation
A recent PwC study looked at a large rise in global research and development spending in 2018, more than a 17 percent gain over 2017. Many pundits shared the article as evidence of an innovation revolution despite the warnings in the article. Silly, huh? -
Business Let’s Grow: The long sleep – innovative product gestation
You could call it hibernation, but that’s too kind. You could call it neglect, yet some are working on it pushing the proverbial boulder up the corporate mountain. To be kind, let’s simply call it the long sleep. This condition happens inside organizations when an innovation concept bounces along internally for a long time without launching. -
Business Let’s Grow: Rethink creativity to innovate, inspire, and thrive at work
Columnist Michael Graber interviews Monica Kang, founder and CEO of InnovatorsBox and author of “Rethink Creativity,” about the creative mindset and how she found the courage to launch her own venture.
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Business Let’s Grow: More heart, less head – making feedback matter
The best insights are often stumbled upon. Like happiness, such insights are just naturally occurring byproducts of being curious.
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February 2019
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Business Let’s Grow: Fear of creativity limits opportunities
Monica Kang, founder and CEO of InnovatorsBox, continues her conversation with Michael Graber about why it's important to rethink creativity and fight the fear of testing new ideas.
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Business Let’s Grow: Don’t flirt with innovation if you don’t mean business
Even when a desire for innovation exists, an anxious executive team can create a death grip on change. But beware: The most-driven, brightest employees can see through this bad “innovation theater” and jump ship as frustration increases.
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Business Let’s Grow: Wisdom on handling the talent side of innovation
Swarm Vision CEO and founder Suzan Briganti has grown the company from a garage startup to a trusted solution provider to global Fortune 500 clients. She chats with Let's Grow columnist Michael Graber about what drives the Swarm talent assessment system and how the world of innovation needs to change.
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Business Let’s Grow: Rely on workplace culture to embrace innovation
Clinging to specific innovation methods doesn't work. The secret to innovation is that there is no secret method or formula, only what works in your workplace culture.
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March 2019
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Business Let’s Grow: Creating momentum that matters
If speed-to-market is an issue, the pure Agile approach is one that may increase project timelines. In this economy, who has time for such luxuries?
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Business Let’s Grow: Designing your culture for high performance
How we structure the world of management and metrics needs to be reimagined, innovated and renewed for the emerging era.
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