5 Ways to Understand Customer Behavior
When you understand customer behavior, you can gain a huge advantage in recruiting and sales. The basis behind all good recruiting and marketing strategies are a combination of knowing your consumer and grasping what avenues to use to get to them. When you comprehend how your customer thinks, you can then use data and smarter […]
4 Reasons to Build a Digital Prototype
At City Innovation Labs, we’re often asked, “Why Should We Build a Prototype?” Here are the top four reasons why any organization should build a digital prototype. 1. Shared Understanding & Excitement: One of the most important functions that a prototype serves is as a strategic communication tool for casting a vision and inspiring ideas. […]
What is a Servant Leader?
Hi, I’m Josh Barker, CEO of City Innovation Labs. And this is another video in our series called Cultivating Innovation where we talk about the roles that an innovative leader plays in order to create an innovative team. In this video, I’m going to talk about the role of Servant leader. We have already touched […]
The Second Role of an Innovative Leader
Read the video transcript below for the second role in innovative leadership: Hi, I’m Josh Barker, CEO of City Innovation Labs. And this is the third video in our series called Cultivating Innovation where we talk about the roles that an innovative leader plays in order to Create an Innovative Team. In this video I’m […]
The Paradox of a Remote Community
In the digital age, we are seeing more and more remote communities aggregate through online platforms. Some are genuine and some give a false sense of belonging. It is important in the remote-work world that organizations are providing their employees with a sincere community. At City Innovation Labs we have a core value of Faith […]
The Second Role of an Innovative Leader
Read the video transcript below for the second role in innovative leadership: Hi, I’m Josh Barker, CEO of City Innovation Labs. And this is the third video in our series called Cultivating Innovation where we talk about the roles that an innovative leader plays in order to Create an Innovative Team. In this video I’m […]
How to Create a Culture for Continual Learning
At City Innovation Labs, we are continually learning. As a startup, we don’t have time to be content with our positioning as a company. We constantly want to find new ways to engage potential customers. We often wear many hats, allowing us to fill gaps within our company and make forward progress to reach our […]
The First Role of an Innovative Leader
Hi, I’m Josh Barker, CEO of City Innovation Labs. This is the second video in a series we call Cultivating Innovation where we talk about the roles that an innovative leader plays in order to Create an Innovative Team. This video I’m going to talk about the first role an innovative leader, which is that […]
5 Tips on how to Prioritize Your To-Do List
What do you do with your ever-growing to-do list? Where do I start? How do I know what to prioritize in my huge list of tasks? Here are five simple solutions that will help with that: 1. Make Your List The first step on how to prioritize your to-do list… make one! Jot down all […]
How to Create an Innovative Team
Hi, I’m Josh Barker, CEO of City Innovation Labs – a digital product innovation company. I am here in beautiful Pennsylvania on a road trip doing a lot of innovation workshops. We just finished one in Benton Harbor, MI with a large home appliance manufacturer, and it was a lot of fun. Very smart people […]