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However different these ten women may be in most respects, all of them share this in common: They had or continue to have a great impact on the quality of life and the standard of living for everyone in the…
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Here is an excerpt from an article by Tina Rozenberg for The Atlantic in which she suggests that Malcolm Gladwell‘s latest gospel of success further romanticizes the Davids of the world and underrates the Goliaths. To read the complete article,…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Michael Hess for CBS MoneyWatch, the CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the website’s newsletters,…
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Earlier this week, I received a head’s up from Deloitte’s Center for the Edge, an important resource for knowledge leadership co-founded by John Hagel and Jon Katzenbach. Here is their introduction to a report that I have just read and…
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Here is an excerpt from Tom Austin’s interview of Eric von Hippel during which they discuss his book, Democratizing Innovation. This seminal book — based on a broad base of academic research — explores how users have been driving the…
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In The Chaos Imperative: How Chance and Disruption Increase Innovation Effectiveness and Success, Ori Brafman and Judah Pollack suggest that there are five rules that “apply across groups and organizations, whether you’re trying to change a multimillion-member organization like the…
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A Life In Leadership: From D-Day to Ground Zero: An Autobiography John Whitehead Basic Books (2005) Note: I re-read this book before reading Steven Mandis’ recently published book, What Happened to Goldman Sachs: An Insider’s Story of Organization Drift, published…
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Here is a brief excerp from he results of another McKinsey Global Survey indicate that — according to Brad Brown, Johnson Sikes, and Paul Willmott — CEOs and other senior executives are increasingly engaged as their companies step up efforts…
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Tim Brown asks, “What’s Stopping You from Being Creative?”
Here’s a brief article by Tim Brown for LinkedIn Today. To check out a wealth of other superb articles, please click here. * * * “In our experience, everyone is the creative type.” So true. The quote comes from Creative…
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