Month: March 2017

The Power of Radical Candor

March 11, 2017

In Radical Candor, Kim Scott explains how almost any organization — whatever its size and nature may be — can “defy the gravitational pull of organizational mediocrity.” The ultimate goal of what she characterizes as Radical Candor “is to achieve…

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The “Chinese Way” of Doing Business

March 10, 2017

In Fortune Makers, Michael Useem, Harbir Singh, Neng Liang, and Peter Cappelli focus on “the leaders creating China’s great companies.” They explain how these leaders “have used capitalism to pull 600 million people out of poverty and [China] is on…

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The Four Decisions: A Simple Process for Determining How to Proceed

March 10, 2017

In The Power of Little Ideas, written with Kent Lineback, David Robertson introduces a low-risk, high-reward approach to innovation he characterizes as the “Third Way.” In essence, this approach is “neither incremental improvement in current products nor revolutionary [radical] disruption…

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The Walt Disney Company: How its “magic” was created, lost, and then regained

March 9, 2017

In The Power of Little Ideas, written with Kent Lineback, David Robertson introduces a low-risk, high-reward approach to innovation he characterizes as the “Third Way.” In essence, this approach is “neither incremental improvement in current products nor revolutionary [radical] disruption…

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Three Distinct Forces Behind the Rise of Creative Intersections

March 9, 2017

In The Medici Effect, Frans Johansson explains how and why breakthrough creativity happens at the Intersection of different fields, ideas, people, and cultures. This is a revised, updated, and expanded edition of a book first published in 2004, with a…

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Great Teams: Value Fit Over Capabilities

March 9, 2017

In Extreme Teams, Robert Bruce Shaw explains “why Pixar, Netflix, Airbnb, and other cutting-edge companies succeed where most fail.” They create a workplace culture within which great teams are most likely to thrive. Shaw suggests takeaways for each chapter. These…

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Different Types of Breakthrough Thinking

March 8, 2017

In The Net and the Butterfly, Olivia Fox Cabane and Judah Pollack explain “the art and practice of breakthrough thinking.” They observe, “For many, breakthroughs are like butterflies — beautiful and awe-inspiring, yet erratic and elusive. Some people think they…

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The Essentials of Stretch Goals

March 8, 2017

In Beyond Performance Management, Jeremy Hope and Steve Player recommend key practices to achieve superior performance. For example, how to use stretch goals that are “invariably based on negotiating short-term fixed targets and have recently become more pervasive in both…

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The Leaders Creating China’s Great Companies

March 7, 2017

In Fortune Makers, Michael Useem, Harbir Singh, Neng Liang, and Peter Cappelli focus on “the leaders creating China’s great companies.” They explain how these leaders “have used capitalism to pull 600 million people out of poverty and [China] is on…

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5 Ways To Develop Great Leaders

March 7, 2017

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Anita Bowness for Halogen Software’s TalentSpace blog. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * *…

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