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New Year. New Leader.

Lead Change Blog

Here they are: Daniel Pink – In 2015, London-based Thinkers 50 named him, alongside Michael Porter and Clayton Christensen, as one of the top 10 business thinkers in the world. Bill George – He has taught leadership since 2004 and is a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, where.

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The Value of Vision Series – Whitney Johnson

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Whitney Johnson is a leading thinker on driving innovation via personal disruption and a co-founder of Clayton Christensen’s investment firm Rose Park Advisors. That was 2004. In trying to live in a world that she envisioned, Erin started an online reminder service mixed with high-end occasion cards.

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The 50 Most Influential Management Gurus

First Friday Book Synopsis

Christensen is the Kim B. Every two years, the Thinkers50 publishes their definitive list of management thinkers. Below are the results for 2011. For classic HBR content from this year’s winners, please click here.

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On Tracking Transformational Trends

Harvard Business Review

I synthesized Innosight's writing, notably Seeing What's Next (my 2004 book with Clayton Christensen) and a 2009 Harvard Business Review article about transformation in clean-tech , with my own field experience to highlight three areas to asses.

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Great Corporate Strategies Thrive on the Right Amount of Tension

Harvard Business Review

An example of strategic burnout can be found at Lego around 2004. An example of strategic boredom is illustrated in Clayton Christensen’s famous work on the disk-drive industry. The Gap Between Strategy and Execution. Sponsored by the Brightline Initiative. Aligning the big picture with the day-to-day.

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Founding a Company Doesn’t Have to be a Big Career Risk

Harvard Business Review

After five years, in 2004, Tickle was profitable with more than $20 million in revenue; it received an acquisition offer for $100 million, as well as IPO entreaties. “I’m so glad we read that case — I’m NEVER going to start a company.”. But the company had almost failed several times, and even success was brutal.

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The Best Business Books Ever: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Best Business Books Ever: The Most Influential Management Books You’ll Never Have Time to Read Basic Books (2011) Note: This review is of a book published earlier this year. It is a sequel to one published in 2003. What we have here is a series of brief discussions “the most influential management books you’ll [.].

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