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Just because you can make an omelet, doesn’t mean you’re a restaurateur!

Mills Scofield

Quick, tell me your organization’s business model. Can you tell me what a business model is? It’s a lot more than just making money – making money is the output, not even the outcome, let alone the model. Your organization, whether for-profit or not-for-profit, has a business model.

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3 Small Steps for a CEO, One Giant Leap for a Leader

In the CEO Afterlife

Fast forward to 2012 and “answering e-mails” would surely bite into the time-starved CEO’s work week. CEOs who invest their time advancing their company’s business model or seeking a new one are adding value to their organizations. Innovation starts with insight and progresses through disruptive hypotheses.

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2013 Trends and The Power of Women

Women on Business

In 2012, according to the State of Women-Owned Businesses Report from American Express Open, there are more than 8.3 million women-owned businesses in the U.S., In 2012, over 50% of dentists are women, as are 47% of medical students. These women are testers, trying new ideas and experimenting with new business models.

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The Coming of the Clairvoyant Computer

Leading Blog

have business models that hinge on predictive models based on machine learning. Professor Vasant Dhar, Stern School of Business, NYU. Obama was re-elected in 2012 with the help of voter prediction. Applied Prediction. The powerhouse organizations of the Internet era, which include Google and Amazon.

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The Best Digital Business Models Put Evolution Before Revolution

Harvard Business Review

What, another clarion call urging executives to fundamentally rethink their business models through digital technology? The business media have had no shortage of these. While there is certainly merit in questioning your business model, revolutionary business model transformation remains elusive despite the buzz.

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Innovation Isn't Tied to Size, but to Operating Rules

Harvard Business Review

Plenty of people — including here on Harvard's blog — espouse the theory that big companies can't innovate. A look at any performance measure shows that innovation can come from either size, and that both arguments are oversimplifications. HP is #10 on the 2012 list, and IBM is number 19.

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Corporate Purpose: Monumental Change Starts With Your Leadership

CO2

Generation Z , which includes anyone born between 1997 and 2012, influences your business more each day as the generation enters the workforce and its purchasing power increases. Ernst & Young Purpose Is Deeper Than Profit Small to midsize businesses often have a good understanding of why they do what they do.