Innovation, cross-appropriation, social practice, and structural holes – Coevolving Innovations
by David Ing
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Innovation, cross-appropriation, social practice, and structural holes – Coevolving Innovations
Harness Your Network to Unlock Innovation
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Our research shows that leaders at genuinely innovative companies consciously avoid that trap by deliberately seeking and spending time with people we call innovation catalysts: individuals who have a knack for cultivating networks that combine a sense of community and a diversity of perspectives.
it is not merely that weak ties allow information to travel throughout a network more efficiently—that is, without becoming trapped on the remote island of a close-knit group. From the perspective of innovation, it’s even more important that the information arriving from one of those weak ties is coming from a different context, what the innovation
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