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How Being A Generalist Can Help You Adapt And Innovate

The Horizons Tracker

I’ve written a few times recently about the importance of breaking free from the straitjacket of our increasingly specialized world, and adopting a more generalist approach to skills development. One of the core benefits from this approach is that it allows us to be more innovative. Driving innovation. Creating impact.

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Three reasons pms need an iphone

Lead on Purpose

However, five weeks ago I purchased an iPhone 3GS (granted, I’m not an early adopter) and the experience has been phenomenal. It really is an innovative UX. In only a few short weeks I have come to depend on its functionality for my work in product management and product marketing.

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Interview with Sramana Mitra on 1M/1M Program

Rajesh Setty

Through the spring of 2010, we released four volumes of EJ books and continued to experiment with the roundtables, which became increasingly popular. Meanwhile, in January 2010 my New Year’s resolution was published. By April 2010, the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) global initiative had been formally named.

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Prices are always relative… | Rajesh Setty

Rajesh Setty

So the best would be to set a higher price first and then get all the early adopters to get in the game. © 2005 - 2010 Rajesh Setty Podcast Powered by podPress (v8.8) What is remembered is the decrease from $5 to $3 – sounds like a bargain. Make it look like a SWEET DEAL and expand the reach.

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To Create Change, Leadership Is More Important Than Authority

Harvard Business Review

Senior executives, on the other hand, are often frustrated by how little power they actually have. Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy in 2010. We tend to overestimate the power of influence. So if you want to create real change, it is not power and influence that you need, but those who seek to overthrow them.

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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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What BMW’s Corporate VC Offers That Regular Investors Can’t

Harvard Business Review

Gimmy’s task was clear but highly demanding: to reimagine the way BMW innovates. At the time, BMW had no dedicated, company-spanning unit to leverage the creative power of startups. To fill the void and build such a new BMW startup unit, Gimmy partnered with an experienced innovation manager from BMW, Matthias Meyer.