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Revealing Leadership Insights From Thinkers50

Tanveer Naseer

Technology has clearly paid a huge part in this, but the biggest driver of change in how organizations are run is the ceaseless quest for improvement; to manage more efficiently and effectively to better achieve business results. Think of Peter Drucker who topped the first Thinkers50 ranking in 2001.

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Steve Jobs, Tim Cook, and Apple's Innovation Premium

Harvard Business Review

It took a few years to get things back on track, but from 2005-2010 Apple's innovation premium jumped to 52%. With Jobs unexpected exit in 2011, Cook's key task is to not only keep Apple humming but to deliver something surprising. With Morita's departure — and Apple's arrival — Sony's innovation premium plummeted to zero.

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Innovative Companies Demand Innovative Leaders

Harvard Business Review

Leaders at companies with high innovation premiums, in fact, landed at about the 88th percentile on our Innovator's DNA assessment, which measures the five skills of disruptive innovators: questioning, observing, networking, experimenting, and associational thinking. That's what an innovative leader does.