Mills Scofield

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Management Innovation is Radical

Mills Scofield

Steve Denning begins his book, The Leader's Guide to Radical Management: Reinventing the Workplace for the 21st Century with a quote from John Hagel, John Seely Brown and Lang Davison 's 2009 Shift Index to lay the foundation of the problem we face: "Remarkably, the return on assets for U.S.

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Every Business Is (Or Should Be) a Social Business

Mills Scofield

To further test what I had learned, I turned to business model guru and friend, Alex Osterwalder (I’ve used his Business Model Canvas since 2009 because I believe it’s one of the best methodologies out there).

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The Economic and Social Impact of Language

Mills Scofield

In 2009, 97 American undergraduates studied Bengali , the 7th most spoken language in the world. There’s no Rosetta Stone or Pimsleur or Livemocha or BBC Languages or Babel or LingQ. I’ve resorted to Skyping with a tutor in Dhaka. Maybe you’re not shocked. Nobody learns Bengali. Translation?

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50 Ways to Leave your Lover: Keep Failing Til the Last Thing You Try Is Successful

Mills Scofield

Back in the fall of 2009, Cindy, one of our customer service representatives, received a phone call that nearly made her fall off her chair. The Change: Was It Innovation, Serendipity or Providence?