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HBR's Most Popular Blog Posts of 2011

Harvard Business Review

As 2011 comes to a close, the editors of HBR.org are taking a look back at the most popular blog posts of the year to find out what most preoccupied you, our readers. HBR's 11 Most Popular Blog Posts of 2011. Do you perpetuate these productivity-destroying falsehoods at your company? by Vijay Govindarajan. by Steve W.

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HBR on INSPIRING & EXECUTING INNOVATION: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Harvard Business Review on INSPIRING & EXECUTING INNOVATION Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How to create and then deliver new or better products and services This is one of the volumes in a series of anthologies of articles that first appeared in HBR.

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The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge.

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Business organizations are not built for innovation; they are built for efficiency.&# – Vijay Govindarajan In The Other Side of Innovation the authors demonstrate their absolute knowledge of an area that many organizations need more of, innovation! There is just one little problem.

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31 Innovation Questions (and Answers) To Kick Off the New Year

Harvard Business Review

new product, distribution channel, marketing approach). Academics like Clayton Christensen and Vijay Govindarajan, leading-edge innovative companies like Procter & Gamble and Cisco Systems, and thoughtful writers like Michael Mauboussin and Bill James. create a new category, extend current business) or innovation mechanisms (e.g.,

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Whatever Happened to the $300 House?

Harvard Business Review

The idea to design and build a $300 house first appeared here on the HBR site in August 2010, in a post by me (Vijay Govindarajan) and Christian Sarkar, and then again as one of several ideas in the HBR Agenda 2011. Any solution to housing for the poor must maintain the dignity of the members of the community. Durability.

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World Business Forum – Top 10 Speakers | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Smart leaders spend more time on creativity than productivity.&# Vijay Govindarajan - Vijay is a Professor of International Business and the Founding Director of Tuck’s Center for Global Leadership at Dartmouth. I love creative thinkers and her presentation focused like a laser beam on creativity of thought and approach.

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