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Four Steps for Making Better Decisions

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Main | What Leaders Can Learn About Speaking from Martin Luther King » January 17, 2011 Four Steps for Making Better Decisions A friend recently gave me a copy of a new book that’s out now, The Price of Everything by Eduardo Porter.  I found Porter’s book to be a fun and thought provoking read.

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Business Model Generation : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

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The Empathy Map looks like this: In this chapter the authors walk you through processes to arrive a enhanced design like Customer Insights, ideation, providing an introduction to the value of visual thinking, how to use prototyping, story telling, and Scenario Planning. Showing you how you can shift your perspective.

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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Strategy: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

HBR’s Ten Must Reads on Strategy Various contributors Harvard Business Press (2011) How to create “a unique and valuable position” by deciding what to do…and not do This volume is one of several in a new series of anthologies of articles that initially appeared in the Harvard Business Review, in this instance from 1960 until [.].

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Intelligent Redesign of Health Care

Harvard Business Review

As we move forward we need to be mindful of two principles that must be at the heart of any fundamental health care reform: “no margin, no mission” and “if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.” The actionable cost savings from process improvement. Circles indicate the time estimates for each step in the process.

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Is Canada's Innovation Performance Really So Bad?

Harvard Business Review

The report came from a task force led by Rotman School of Management Dean and HBR contributor Roger Martin. For a variety of reasons, we are not leading the world in creating innovative products, services, and processes in our businesses and workplaces." It paints a worrying picture of Canadian innovation.

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The $300 House: A Hands-On Approach to a Wicked Problem

Harvard Business Review

Nearly every criticism the authors levy in their op-ed is answered in 12 blog posts , a magazine article from January/February 2011, a video interview , and a slideshow that integrated community and commentary, which were published between last October and this May. The $300 House project is a housing ecosystem project.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. Michel Porter and Mark Kramer pioneered the idea of “creating shared value,” arguing that businesses can generate economic value by identifying and addressing social problems that intersect with their business. ” Improving risk management.