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Dec 2023
23m 16s

Ignite Your Innovation Engine

Diane Helbig
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Welcome to another episode of "Accelerate Your Business Growth." In today's episode, our host Diane Helbig discusses the critical role of innovation in organizations with Helene Cahen, an experienced innovation consultant, speaker, and author of "Fire Up Innovation, Sparking and Sustaining Innovation Teams." Helene shares her insights on the necessity of having innovation teams, the leadership and best practices for successful innovation, and how to manage innovation in a hybrid or virtual work environment. She also explains the importance of embracing failure as a learning opportunity and the role of AI in the innovation process. Furthermore, she stresses the significance of diversity in fostering creative and innovative thinking. This is a must-listen conversation for anyone looking to drive growth and success through innovation. So stay tuned!

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The Importance of Diversity in Product Development: "So be sure that you involve people that are not internal, unless it's only internal projects, but for something that had an impact on other users, just be sure you involve as many different Potential users, early on the process."

— Helene Cahen 00:03:50

Workplace Innovation: "When there is pain, when there is a gap, when there's need that are not fully met, when people are trying to do a job and there is it's not flowing, that Could also be indication that we should be looking at it and look at possibility of creating change and innovating."

— Helene Cahen 00:07:35

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