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Possibility Maximizer: Fast Company's 30 Second MBA

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 This week I've got a unique and excellent resource from Fast Company that I would like to point you to.  This week I've got a unique and excellent resource from Fast Company that I would like to point you to.  Enjoy!  Enjoy!   I am confident you will find this an excellent learning resource!

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Design Lessons from the Consumer at the Bottom of the Pyramid

Harvard Business Review

Prahalad, put it there), the struggle to understand its role as a market and as a source of innovation continues. Yes, there are notable examples of BOP innovation from global corporations (such as the GE portable ECG machine ) and emerging market companies (such as the Chotukool refrigerator) that have broken through in global markets.

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Businesses Serving the Poor Need to Get Over Their Unease About Profit

Harvard Business Review

Prahalad and his colleagues more than a decade ago in a series of articles and books, and it has stuck in the minds of businesspeople, policy makers, and nonprofits despite results that can only be described as dismal. Prahalad's brilliance and persuasiveness certainly had something to do with it. It's practically the law of the land.

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The Timeless Strategic Value of Unrealistic Goals

Harvard Business Review

Prahalad's 1989 HBR article "Strategic Intent" brought about a discontinuous shift in my career — from a professor of accounting to a researcher on strategy and innovation. In the early 1970s, for instance, an upstart company called Canon set out a bold intent: "Beat Xerox." Gary Hamel and C.K.

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Why Management Ideas Matter

Harvard Business Review

In The Innovator's Dilemma , he looked at why companies struggle to deal with radical innovation in their markets. Kim and Renée Maubourgne, the authors of Blue Ocean Strategy , have influenced companies, not-for-profits and national governments around the world. Christensen's influence on the business world has been profound.