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Built to Innovate: Essential Practices to Wire Innovation into Your Company's DNA

Built to Innovate: Essential Practices to Wire Innovation into Your Company's DNA

Unlock business creativity and value with 'Built to Innovate,' your roadmap to transformative product design and operational excellence.

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Ben M. Bensaou

Unlock The Innovating Engine: How Anyone Can Innovate Like Steve Jobs

Honored to have joined, Ira Wolfe on The Geeks, Geezers, and Googlization Show podcast, where we delved into my concepts on democratizing…

1 min read3 days ago

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How to Hardwire Innovation into Your Organization’s DNA

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6PbLQQ2XInr9zDMfKZAZmp

1 min readMay 24, 2024

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How to Hardwire Innovation into Your Organization’s DNA

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Ben M. Bensaou

You Can Innovate in Anything You Do

I’ve often spoken and written about the heroic myth of innovation-that business creativity is the province of a few geniuses like Steve…

3 min readMar 15, 2024

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You Can Innovate in Anything You Do

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Ben M. Bensaou

Why Silo-Busting Teamwork Drives Your Innovating Engine

One of the biggest reasons many companies struggle to innovate is the barriers between different business units and the individuals who…

3 min readMar 8, 2024

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Why Silo-Busting Teamwork Drives Your Innovating Engine

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Ben M. Bensaou

Listening to the Silence of the Customer: How to Be a Fly on the Wall

In previous blog posts, I’ve spoken about the importance of stepping into the shoes of your customer as a key step in becoming more…

4 min readMar 1, 2024

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Listening to the Silence of the Customer: How to Be a Fly on the Wall

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Ben M. Bensaou

Eager to Innovate? Get Out from Behind Your Desk

In I described a simple way most organizations can jump-start their capacity for innovating. It involved, first, giving everyone in your…

3 min readFeb 27, 2024

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Eager to Innovate? Get Out from Behind Your Desk

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Ben M. Bensaou

To Flip the Innovating Switch, Become a Customer

As an innovation trainer, I am often asked by business leaders, “How can we jumpstart the practice of innovating at our organization?”…

3 min readFeb 17, 2024

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To Flip the Innovating Switch, Become a Customer

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Ben M. Bensaou

“Make Others Jealous” — A New Motto for Innovators

You may have heard the saying, “Don’t ask for permission, ask for forgiveness.” It’s an expression typically addressed to frontline…

3 min readFeb 13, 2024

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“Make Others Jealous” — A New Motto for Innovators

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Ben M. Bensaou

Focus on Innovating and You’ll Get Innovation

By Ben M. Bensaou, author of Built to Innovate: Essential Practices to Wire Innovation into Your Company’s DNA

2 min readFeb 6, 2024

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Focus on Innovating and You’ll Get Innovation

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Ben M. Bensaou

“Cruel Transparency”: The Brave Practice That Lets Innovators Learn from Their Mistakes

As readers of my book Built to Innovate may remember, one of the companies I’ve worked with as an innovation coach is one of the biggest…

3 min readFeb 27, 2023

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“Cruel Transparency”: The Brave Practice That Lets Innovators Learn from Their Mistakes

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Ben M. Bensaou

Ben M. Bensaou

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Professor of Technology Management and Asian Business and Comparative Management. Author of Built to Innovate - https://benbensaou.com/

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