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Innovation Blog

  1. Filene Takes on Finovate Fall

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    categories » Innovation, Technology

  2. Idea Idol – The Next Big Innovation

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    We are adding a twist to seeking marketplace feedback.

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    categories » Filene News, Innovation, Marketing, Consumer Behavior and Market Research

  3. Filene Welcomes 16 New i3 Members

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    What would you get if you crossed MacGyver and George Bailey? Filene i3 innovators of course, and congratulations to 16 new ones!

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    categories » Filene News, Innovation

  4. Save To Win Revamped

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    Filene’s i3 project prepares for a 2011 update from the Michigan Credit Union League (MCUL).

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    categories » Innovation

  5. Consider an Innovation Tournament CRASHED

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    Last week, The Crash Network announced the final winner in their innovation tournament, The Collider.

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    categories » Crash Dot Coop, Innovation

  6. Maximize: A Guide to Building a Culture of Innovation

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    A recent McKinsey Global Survey emphasizes that while 84% of executives say innovation is very or extremely important to their companies’ growth, businesses have made scant progress in scaling the core barriers to successful innovation.

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    categories » Innovation, Podcasts and Videos, Strategy

  7. Twice as Many Average Executives Needed to Get as Much Done as the Ten Best

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    Academic researchers and business executives are all digging for the secrets to human behavior. What makes one work group perform statistically better than another?

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    categories » Management, Philosophy and Values, Strategy, Young Adult Recruiting

  8. Are you the missing link?

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    Can you link consumers, credit unions, and innovation? Do you think like an entrepreneur? Then you just might have what it takes to join Filene i3 (Ideas, Innovation, Implementation).

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    categories » Collaboration, Filene News, Innovation, Life Cycle and Evolution of Credit Unions, Management, Performance Measures, Strategy

  9. Fast Innovation: Filene + Finovate

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    Sometimes the most promising credit union innovations don’t actually come from credit unions.

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    categories » Innovation, Podcasts and Videos

  10. Earth Day + The Leap

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    “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” – Native American Proverb

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    categories » Innovation