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Innovators and Early Adopters

CO2

When they are young in their careers, we walk out of meetings with them and think they are weirdos. When they are advanced in their careers, we walk out of meetings with them and think they are geniuses. The left-siders live among us, but they are not always easy to spot. You may have interacted with one at work once or twice.

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Replacing the cold call with: ANYTHING!

Strategy Driven

I am a living example of what writing can do to change a career. What better way to gain respect, cosmic debt, word-of-mouth advertising, and reputation? Copyright 2007-2012 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Leadership Inspirations – A Call for Innovation. Write an article. Nothing breeds attraction like the written word.

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Taming Your Company's Most Elusive Beast

Harvard Business Review

Innovation is one those evergreen themes: it is a rare CEO who doesn't list innovation as one her top four or five priorities. But innovation is an elusive beast. We can look to companies renowned for innovation — like Apple and Google — and try to learn from them. So what to do? But that's a flawed approach.

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Changing Capitalism, One Organization at a Time

Harvard Business Review

We're delighted to announce the winners of the Long-Term Capitalism Challenge , the third leg of the HBR/McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation. The athletic apparel giant has also engaged a broad base of partners (and competitors) in innovation toward that goal. Story by Gib Bulloch, Accenture Development Partners.

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Obama and Romney Are Ignoring Hispanic Voters

Harvard Business Review

As I learned during the 2012 Hispanic Voice Town Hall Tour my organization held earlier this year, Hispanics are a high-touch community and this level of interaction goes a long way toward earning trust and loyalty. As founder of the Center for Hispanic Leadership, I can attest to the fact that the U.S. Hispanics have been facing for years.

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Obama and Romney Are Ignoring Hispanic Voters

Harvard Business Review

As I learned during the 2012 Hispanic Voice Town Hall Tour my organization held earlier this year, Hispanics are a high-touch community and this level of interaction goes a long way toward earning trust and loyalty. As founder of the Center for Hispanic Leadership, I can attest to the fact that the U.S. Hispanics have been facing for years.