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On Creative Accounting: Two Creativity Myths

Harvard Business Review

Say that in a roomful of managers, and you get nervous laughter. For example, most in the art world agreed that sculptor Janet Echelman's "Water Sky Garden," created for the speed-skating site at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, was decidedly different. "Creative accounting" is really bad. Except when it's good.

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The Case for Listening to the Maniacs

Harvard Business Review

Norton of Harvard Business School. Lovers or haters of a product can be the canary in the coal mine — an early warning system that can alert managers to problems,” says Avery, who by the way has a great piece on consumer relationships in the current issue of HBR. Avery and Michael I. And long lines ?

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Grassroots Leadership through Social Power

Coaching Tip

I don't think it's crazy to ask if your CEO is the next Mubarak," says Gary Hamel, one of business' most eminent theoreticians of management. million hours in delays at the crossing in 2010, concludes an upcoming report by the Center for Automotive Research. People are changing faster than companies and governmental agencies. "I

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