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Lisa Bodell: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

A globally recognized innovation leader and futurist, Lisa founded futurethink in 2003 to provide a simple approach to the otherwise complicated topic of innovation. Working with leading brands such as Starwood, Merck, and Sprint, futurethink has become the largest source of innovation research, tools, and training curricula in the world.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

Prior to joining Microsoft in 2003, Hogan was a partner at McKinsey & Co. Carol is not only amazingly gifted and insightful, she is also incredibly creative and one of the deepest thinkers on the list. I’ve had the ability to watch Carol navigate wildly complex issues with what appears to be relative ease.

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New Research Shows That Citizenship Is A Passport To Higher Income

The Horizons Tracker

In many ways, Switzerland is perhaps a paradise for analyzing such matters, because many Swiss towns put citizenship applications to a public vote for a prolonged period between 1970 and 2003. Citizenship ceremonies around the world have a large degree of similarity, with oaths taken, flags waved and general celebrations invoked.

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“That Will Never Work”

Leading Blog

His self-knowledge made is easier for him to know when it was time to go as he eventually did in 2003 not long after Netflix went public. Notice that I used the word “approaching.” I never intended to get there. Most business plans are a complete waste of time. Randolph takes us through the whole process from idea to launch day.

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How Care Homes Can Learn The Lessons From Covid

The Horizons Tracker

The Covid pandemic has provided a multitude of harrowing stories of infections running wild in care homes around the world. The authors cite the example of Hong Kong, who after the SARS outbreak in 2003 introduced several such policies, which significantly helped them during Covid.

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The Planning Fallacy and the Innovator's Dilemma

Harvard Business Review

Innosight cofounder Clayton Christensen memorably termed this the "growth-gap death spiral" in his 2003 book The Innovator's Solution ). Entrepreneurs often underestimate how long it will take them to produce revenues, and wildly miss how much they will have to invest to commercialize their idea.

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Why Amazon Should Unbundle Prime

Harvard Business Review

The downside of offering any unlimited plan is the over-consumers, a situation Red Lobster encountered in 2003 with its “Endless Crab” promotion. In the vein of famed pitchman Ron Popeil , over the years Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has “stuffed the bundle” by including extras such as movie/television streaming and Kindle book borrowing.