First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 6, 2011

In this instance, Kristina “Z&# Holly’s selections and discussion of “Best Business Books 2010: Innovation> Innovation as a Social Act Steven Johnson Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation (Riverhead, 2010) John Hagel III, John Seely [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Here is an excerpt from a brilliant article co-authored by Tim Brown and Jocelyn Wyatt for Stanford Social Innovation Review (Winter 2010).

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

In their latest collaboration, Beyond the Idea, Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble, explain how to execute innovation in any organization. As they explain, “The most important message in Beyond the Idea is very simple: innovation execution is its own unique discipline. It requires time, energy, and distinct thinking.

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Govindarajan Innovation Execution Energy 70

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JUNE 19, 2014

Anthony is the managing partner of Innosight, a global strategic innovation consulting and investment firm. Based in the firm’s Singapore offices since 2010, he has led Innosight’s expansion into the Asia-Pacific region as well as its venture capital activities (Innosight Ventures).

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Christensen Drucker Innovation Tools 80

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DECEMBER 4, 2013

Gregermnan Sourcebooks (2010) How and why winning in today’s competitive markets requires unlocking genius within us and in the world around us I deeply appreciated all that I learned in Alan Gregerman’s most recent book, The Necessity of Strangers: The […].

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Constraint Books Review Creativity 75

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

The 2020 Workplace: How Innovative Companies, Attract, Develop, and Keep Tomorrow’s Employees Today Jeanne C. Meister and Karie Willyerd Harper Business/An im print of HaroerCollins (2010) How and why the HR function has become so much more important than many (most?)

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JUNE 26, 2011

The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity Richard Florida Harper (2010) With each reconfiguration of the economic landscape, there’s “good news&# and “bad news In the first chapter, Richard Florida explains that peaks and valleys are part of the lifecycle of any society as “obsolete and (..)

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