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Michael Schrage is a Research Fellow at the MIT Center for Digital Business and a Visiting Fellow at Imperial College’s Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He examines the various roles of models, prototypes, and simulations as collaborative media for innovation…
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New Rules of the Game: 10 Strategies for Women in the Workplace Susan Packard Prentice Hall Press (2015) Results-driven strategies and tactics that can help women to accelerate their personal growth and professional development Whatever their size and nature may…
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With rare exception, the greatest leaders throughout history were great storytellers. They include a young carpenter from Nazareth and a self-described “country bumpkin” born in Kentucky and raised in Illinois. Here is a recent post by Shawn Callahan at anecdote.com.…
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The Reciprocity Advantage: A New Way to Partner for Innovation and Growth Bob Johansen and Karl Ronn Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2014) How and why the reciprocity advantage will become increasingly profitable in ways and to an extent only now imaginable As…
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Serious Play: How the World’s Best Companies Simulate to Innovate Michael Schrage Harvard Business Review Press (1999) Note: I read and reviewed this book when it was first published (1999) and recently re-read it before reading Michael Schrage’s latest, The…
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Here is a brief excerpt from Ian Davis’ interview of Loiu Gerstner for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. The former IBM CEO offers his thoughts on the principles and strategies that sustain a company in the long…
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Using Experience to Develop Leadership Talent: How Organizations Leverage On-the-Job Development Cynthia McCauley and Morgan McCall, Co-Editors Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Brand (2014) How and why knowledge shared with others can have almost incalculable value to everyone involved This is a substantial…
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Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation Linda Hill, Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove, and Kent Lineback Harvard Business Review Press (2014) Valuable perspectives on the role of the leader in creating and then sustaining a culture within which…
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Here is a brief excerpt from a classic article written by Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. In it, he proposes four guidelines to help strategic planners make the crucial leap from plans…
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Andrea Ovans on “What Is a Business Model?”
Here is an excerpt from an article written by Andrea Ovans for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts,…
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