August, 2012

Marshall Goldsmith

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REVERSE INNOVATION: Create Far From Home, Win Everywhere

Marshall Goldsmith

My good friend and Dartmouth Professor Vijay Govindarajan (VG) reveals a bold discovery with far-reaching implications in REVERSE INNOVATION: Create Far From Home, Win Everywhere (HBR Press, April 2012): Innovation flows uphill and its future lies in emerging markets. The launch of the book Reverse Innovation has been hugely successful. Here are a few highlights: 1.

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Feed It Forward

Marshall Goldsmith

I have observed more than 50,000 leaders from around the world as they participated in a fascinating experiential exercise, in which I ask participants to play two roles. In one role, they provide “Feed Forward “: They give another participant suggestions and as much as they can help with a specific issue. In the second role, they accept Feed Forward : They listen to suggestions from another participant and learn as much as they can.