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2012 Best Books on Leadership, Innovation and Strategy

LDRLB

It’s the season for lists and as 2012 begins to wind down, we thought we’d review what we’ve read this year and put together a list of our own. If you haven’t there’s still time left in 2012 to dig into these great books. How Will You Measure Your Life by Clay Christensen, James Allworth & Karen Murphy. Leadership.

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Life's Aha! Moments Encourage Introspection and a Search for Meaning

Coaching Tip

Christensen: How do you keep high achievers from being disrupted in their own lives? After Professor Christensen's heart attack, which required immediate stenting, and treatment for follicular lymphoma, during the first half of 2010, there were some who wished he'd slow down; those close to him knew he wouldn't.

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New Year. New Leader.

Lead Change Blog

Here they are: Daniel Pink – In 2015, London-based Thinkers 50 named him, alongside Michael Porter and Clayton Christensen, as one of the top 10 business thinkers in the world. Amy Cuddy – She is known around the world for her 2012 TED Talk, which is the second-most-viewed talk in TED’s history.

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

Mills Scofield

” Clayton Christensen , an advisor to BIF, taught us that customers are hiring companies to “do a job” for them. New Jersey: Wiley & Sons, 2012), pg. 2] (Kaplan, 2012), pg. 3] (Kaplan, 2012), pg. 4] (Kaplan, 2012), pg. I hope we heed your recommendations to Connect, Inspire and Transform. [1]

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Sleeping with Your Smartphone: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Perlow Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why to avoid or break free from a cycle that grows (unintentionally) vicious Ignore the title of this book. Sleeping with Your Smartphone: How to Break the 24/7 Habit and Change the World Leslie A. It serves only the publisher’s marketing purposes.

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Need, Speed, and Greed: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Vaitheeswaran Harper Business/An Imprint of HarperCollins (2012) A brilliant examination of “the new paradigm for sustainable economic development in the twenty-first century” How innovation happens is rapidly changing. The [.].

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The Little Black Book of Innovation: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Anthony Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How to develop and then apply the skills needed to create “something different that has impact” I have read and reviewed all of the other books that Scott Anthony has authored or co-authored and [.]. The Little Black Book of Innovation: How It Works, How to Do It Scott D.

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