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The case for innovation is well established: organizations need to be more resilient in times of flux and disruption. But what sort of culture do they need to enable this? Ideas are social creatures. Innovation depends on them having lots of room to interact, learn and grow. We need a cultural context that will help us break free from established patterns of being, thinking, working and interacting, and so uncover new possibilities.
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Simpson, A. (2017). Introduction: Cultures Where Ideas Thrive. In: The Innovation-Friendly Organization. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-48302-7_1
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