Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things. •If Of Related Interest: Steve Jobs 1955-2011. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that are there. You have to pick carefully. I’m actually as proud of the things we haven’t done as the things I have done. Ultimately, it comes down to taste.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 5, 2011

Think How to Win Friends and Influence People 2011.) It should be DICEE— Deep (many features), Intelligent (clever/innovative), Complete (all aspects of the offering is a great experience), Empowering (makes possible what you couldn’t do before), and Elegant (works with you not against you). They want to make more and bigger pies.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 5, 2015

The Kodak name became synonymous with a resistance to change, but it’s not just innovation the company lacked. In 2011, Kodak made the list of Top 10 Fortune 500 Employers With Older Workers, called out for employing a disproportionately high percentage of mature workers. In 2012, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2013

The Myths of Creativity : The Truth About How Innovative Companies and People Generate Great Ideas by David Burkus Creativity is not as divinely-inspired, unpredictable and random a gift as we tend to think it is. Best Leadership Books of 2011. As a leader, you need to be focused on stretching yourself—hacking your leadership gaps.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2011

One of the most remarkable innovators of our time, Steve Jobs has been called a Henry Ford, a Walt Disney, a Thomas Edison. "We Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today," Apple said.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2014

We must be creative and innovative in our organizations but perhaps more importantly, in working on ourselves. Isaacson makes the point that innovation happens in the real world by teams and not lone geniuses. Isaacson examines too the role of the organizational forms within which innovation takes place—like Bell Labs.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2012

What Matters Now : How to Win in a World of Relentless Change, Ferocious Competition, and Unstoppable Innovation by Gary Hamel. Related Interest: Best Leadership Books of 2011. All of these books have helped us to look at the what and ask why ? * * *. The Strategy Book by Max McKeown. Eisenhower in War and Peace by Jean Edward Smith.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 30, 2011

Here are a selection of tweets from June 2011: Giving Constructive Feedback : Eight Leadership Essentials by @LisaPetrilli. LondonBSchool: Results of poll on the most significant barrier to Innovation within established businesses. KateNasser: This one bears re-tweeting & re-reading! Counterfeit Leadership " by @FSonnenberg.

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