Month: January 2014
Here is a brief article written by Marissa Ann Mayer for BusinessWeek in 2006. She explains how and why constraints challenge creative initiatives and thereby improve what they produce. Constraints include limited resources such as hours and dollars, of course,…
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Orbit-Shifting Innovation: The Dynamics of Ideas that Create History Rajiv Narang and Devika Devaiah KoganPage (2014) A brilliant explanation of what orbit-shifting innovation is and how to make it happen An orbit-shifting innovation is among the most disruptive. As Rajiv…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Parminder Bahra, featured by the Wall Street Journal‘s “MoneyBeat” column just before 2014’s arrival. It accompanies an especially lively and informative video. To read the complete article, check out the video…
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Here is an excerpt from an article by Maria Popova in which she shares her thoughts about Alan Watts and one of his most valuable works, The Wisdom of Insecurity. To read the complete article, check out other treasures, and…
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Here’s a brief article (with video) by Jim Clifton, Chairman and CEO of the Gallup Organization, and Ben Leedle, CEO of Healthways. It is featured by LinkedIn. To check out all the articles posted by the website’s Influentials, please click…
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Quick and Nimble: Lessons from Leading CEOs on How to Create a Culture of Innovation Adam Bryant Times Books/Henry Holt & Company (2014) “The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that’s the…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for…
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Divine Fury: A History of Genius Darrin McMahon Basic Books (2014) A brilliant analysis of “the emergence of the genius as a figure of extraordinary privilege and power” Before reading this book for the first time, I checked out the…
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Here is an introduction/overview for an interview of Dan Pontefract by Michael Bungay Stanier for the Box of Crayons website. To listen to the interview, check out a wealth of other resources, and sign up for email alerts please click…
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The strategic yardstick you can’t afford to ignore
Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by Chris Bradley, Angus Dawson, and Sven Smit for the McKinsey Quarterly. In it, they explain how a systematic scan of the economic-profit performance of nearly 3,000 global companies yields fresh…
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