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Fire Up Innovation: Revisiting a Review by Bob Morris

August 27, 2026

Fire Up Innovation: Sparking and Sustaining Innovation Teams Helene Cahen Strategic Insights Press (2023) Channeling Henry Ford, “Whether you think you can or can’t be creative, you’re  probably right.” Tom Kelley and David Kelley share these thoughts in Creative Confidence: Unleashing…

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How to Avoid Innovation One-Hit Wonders

August 26, 2026

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Hung Dao, Selina L. Lehmann, Oguz A. Acar, and Dirk Deichmann for MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain…

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5 Ways to Wield Influence When You Lack Authority

August 25, 2026

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Pamela Meyer for Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit:    Julie Guillem…

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When There’s Nowhere to Promote a Star Employee

August 24, 2026

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Rebecca Knight for Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit:    sakchai vongsasiripat/Getty…

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Creating a business-building capability

August 23, 2026

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Matt Banholzer, Markus Berger-de León, Ralf Dreischmeier, Ari Libarikian, and Erik Roth for McKinsey Quarterly. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription…

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How Leaders Unlock Innovation on the Front Lines

August 22, 2026

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Felix Mosner, Fabian Sting, and Aravind Chandrasekaran for MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click…

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Walter Isaacson on the Power of High-Impact Collaboration

August 21, 2026

In The Innovators (2014), Walter Isaacson  focuses on high-impact innovation since 1843 —  during a period that extends back to Ada, Countess of Lovelace and her association with Charles Babbage — until 2011 when an IBM’s computer (“Watson”) won a…

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Anthony Bourdain’s Moveable Feast

August 20, 2026

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Patrick Radden Keefe for The New Yorker (February 5, 2017). To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here.…

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A New Way to Address Troubled Team Dynamics

August 19, 2026

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ina Toegel and Jean-Louis Barsoux for MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration…

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Why Effective Leaders Get Branded as Problems

August 18, 2026

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Luis Velasquez for Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit:    Matt Harrison…

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