Paul Schoemaker
Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs Soren Kaplan Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2012) The power and value of serendipity on the other side of complexity As I began to read this book, I was reminded of an observation by Oliver Wendell Holmes: “I wouldn’t give…
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The Innovative Team: Unleashing Creative Potential for Breakthrough Results Chris Grivas and Gerard J. Puccio Jossey-Bass /A Wiley Imprint (2012) How and why an innovative team can leverage its organization’s creative resources to achieve and sustain breakthrough results By nature, an innovative team is one…
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Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy Amy C. Edmondson Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) Why and how the most valuable organizational learning occurs: through teams Amy Edmondson characterizes “teaming” as “teamwork on the fly.” It could also be termed “informal collaboration on steroids.” Whatever,…
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Two recently published books, Paul Schoemaker’s Brilliant Mistakes: Finding Success on the Far Side of Failure and Get Lucky: How to Put Planned Serendipity to Work for You and Your Business co-authored by Thor Muller and Lane Becker, have much of value to say about innovation…
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Paul Schoemaker is the founder and chairman of Decision Strategies International, Inc., a consulting and training company specializing in strategic planning and executive development. He is also a co-founder and chairman of Strategic Radar Inc. and serves as Research Director…
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Make No Mistake: To Err IS Human
Make No Mistake: To Err IS Human Here is an excerpt from the script for a program produced for CBS Sunday Morning by CBSNews. * * * The humble popsicle was invented – by mistake! – when…
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