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		<title>7 Rules for Improving Innovation: #7 Customer Input</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To fuel the innovation engine, companies need to pay extremely close attention to their customers.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flagpolesoftware.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11139948&amp;post=409&amp;subd=flagpolesoftware&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>7 Rules for Improving Innovation: #6 Culture</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 12:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting paradox exists:  Most companies fear change.  Yet, they have to resist fear and take serious risks in order to innovate.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flagpolesoftware.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11139948&amp;post=402&amp;subd=flagpolesoftware&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>7 Rules for Improving Innovation: #5 Process</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 20:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>flagpolesoftware</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many companies truly want to innovate, but don't know where to start.  It all begins with defining a clear, straight forward process.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flagpolesoftware.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11139948&amp;post=397&amp;subd=flagpolesoftware&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>7 Rules for Improving Innovation: #4 Recognition</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.flagpole-software.com/?p=380</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Employees need to be recognized for their efforts, plain and simple.  This is especially true as you're trying to drive innovation forward at your company. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flagpolesoftware.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11139948&amp;post=380&amp;subd=flagpolesoftware&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>7 Rules for Improving Innovation: #3 Better Planning</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>flagpolesoftware</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.flagpole-software.com/?p=365</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Better Planning. Many great ideas will cost money to implement, but not as much as you would think.  Spend your money and resources in the right ways.  Provide your employees with a meaningful, exciting environment and innovation will explode. Better yet, hire innovative people and give them the power and financial backing to make things happen.  For instance, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flagpolesoftware.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11139948&amp;post=365&amp;subd=flagpolesoftware&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>7 Rules for Improving Innovation: #2 Sharing Information</title>
		<link>http://flagpolesoftware.wordpress.com/2010/08/18/7-rules-for-improving-innovation-2-sharing-information/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>flagpolesoftware</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.flagpole-software.com/?p=353</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In order to innovate, information must flow freely and be readily accessible to employees and, in some cases, outside participants.  <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flagpolesoftware.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11139948&amp;post=353&amp;subd=flagpolesoftware&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>7 Rules for Improving Innovation: #1 Leadership</title>
		<link>http://flagpolesoftware.wordpress.com/2010/08/13/7-rules-for-improving-innovation-1-leadership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>flagpolesoftware</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.flagpole-software.com/?p=341</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Leadership. Innovation starts at the very top levels of your company.  Any efforts to improve, whether incrementally or radically, must funnel down from executives to managers to  team leaders to employees, and everyone needs to be on the same page. This calls for regularly scheduled meetings to design and plan out initiatives.  It means that everyone must engage [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flagpolesoftware.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11139948&amp;post=341&amp;subd=flagpolesoftware&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What are Your Innovation Metrics?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>flagpolesoftware</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.flagpole-software.com/?p=322</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You can't improve upon what you're not even measuring.  What are the "go-to" numbers on your innovation dashboard? <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flagpolesoftware.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11139948&amp;post=322&amp;subd=flagpolesoftware&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Customer-Centric Innovation: Challenge Yourself!</title>
		<link>http://flagpolesoftware.wordpress.com/2010/07/22/customer-centric-innovation-challenge-yourself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>flagpolesoftware</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creative endeavors are a crucial piece of this model, but if it doesn't make a measurable impact on some aspect of your business and drive you to get more customers, then why do it? <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flagpolesoftware.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11139948&amp;post=304&amp;subd=flagpolesoftware&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why employee feedback is important for innovative companies</title>
		<link>http://flagpolesoftware.wordpress.com/2010/07/12/why-employee-feedback-is-important-for-innovative-companies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>flagpolesoftware</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great article from Nilofer Merchant, author of The New How, about employee feedback and the proverbial &#8220;Air Sandwich&#8221;.   See what happens when leadership sets unattainable goals without first getting a &#8220;reality check&#8221; from their staff on the front lines. Nilofer has worked with tons of huge tech companies like Autodesk, Adobe, Symantec, and VMWare, helping them create and implement innovation strategies.  According [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flagpolesoftware.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11139948&amp;post=294&amp;subd=flagpolesoftware&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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