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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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The Medici Effect: A book review by Bob Morris

March 1, 2017

The Medici Effect: What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us About Innovation Frans Johansson Harvard Business Review Press (March 2017) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African proverb This is…

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Innovative management: A conversation with Gary Hamel

February 26, 2017

Here is a brief excerpt from another outstanding interview of Gary Hamel featured online by The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company and conducted by Joanna Barsh. To read the complete article, check out others, obtain subscription information, and…

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The Methods to Create a Medici Effect

February 24, 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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HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business: A book review by Bob Morris

February 18, 2017

HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff Harvard Business Review Press (2017) “I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” Steve Jobs Most of…

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How breakthrough creativity happens at the intersection of different fields, ideas, people, and culture

February 17, 2017

In the Foreword to the revised and updated edition of Frans Johansson’s classic, The Medici Effect, Teresa Amiable discusses the concept of “intersectional creativity,” a process of collaboration that is ecumenical, multidisciplinary, multifunctional, and most important of all, open. Throughout…

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Sense & Respond: A book review by Bob Morris

February 17, 2017

Sense & Respond: How Successful Organizations Listen to Customers and Create New Products Continuously Jeff Gothelp and Josh Seiden Harvard Business Review Press (February 2017) Engage an organization in a two-way conversation with its market(s) and customers, integrated at all…

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The Best Companies Don’t Have More Stars — They Cluster Them Together

February 16, 2017

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Michael Mankins for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please…

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Andy Molinsky on Reaching Beyond the Comfort Zone: An interview by Bob Morris

February 12, 2017

Andy Molinsky is a Professor of International Management and Organizational Behavior at Brandeis University’s International Business School, with a joint appointment in the Department of Psychology. He is the author of the new book Reach: A New Strategy to Help…

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Five “Key Myths” About a Comfort Zone

January 28, 2017

Some of the most valuable material in Reach: A New Strategy to Help You Step Outside Your Comfort Zone, Rise to the Challenge and Build Confidence is provided in the Chapter Nine when Andy Molinsky shares his thoughts about what…

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