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Cast the Net Wide – Make the Most of Your Promotional Time and.

Women on Business

Being sharp means being succinct. If you rely on searches for your background research, so will those you work with (if they are sharp). Discover the reporters in your area and profession. Connect as many strengths and resources as possible, for innovation lives in fresh combinations. Rehearse your pitch.

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What Peter Drucker Knew About 2020

Harvard Business Review

Every few hundred years throughout Western history, a sharp transformation has occurred,” Peter Drucker observed in a 1992 e ssay for Harvard Business Review. Virtually every executive is eager to see his or her organization innovate. Every organization will have to learn to innovate” on a constant basis, Drucker wrote.

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Make Your Knowledge Workers More Productive

Harvard Business Review

Our research and work with companies suggest three broad approaches you can try, each with its own pros and cons: Enact a sharp "decree" to force a specific change in behavior. Marissa Mayer, Yahoo''s CEO, ended the company''s work-from-home policy to foster a more collaborative, innovative environment.

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America's Innovation Shortfall and How We Can Solve It

Harvard Business Review

A vast ideological gap on macro-economic policy divides Washington and much of the nation, but there is almost universal agreement on one solution: innovation. Innovation is now perceived as a panacea for job creation, income generation, economic growth, dollar strength, and the revival of the U.S. as global hegemon.