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Leading People Too Smart to Be Led

Harvard Business Review

In 2012 Wired magazine included Krakauer on its list of 50 people who will change the world. ” Anyone operating in a large enterprise feels the truth of Krakauer’s quip. Overcoming collective stupidity on an ongoing basis is a role for leadership in any organization.

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Calculate How Much Your Company Should Invest in Innovation

Harvard Business Review

And the more growth opportunities stretch beyond a company’s current capabilities, the more the company needs to build systems to manage the unique nature of these opportunities (the kind we describe in more depth in our recent article “ Build an Innovation Engine in 90 Days ” and our 2012 e-book Building a Growth Factory ).

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Top 10 Green Business Stories of 2011

Harvard Business Review

So it's no wonder that business started to wake up to the serious danger that storms and shortages present to their operations, both from direct damage to property and from massive production interruptions (i.e., Looking Forward to 2012 and beyond: New business models coming. It won't all come to fruition in 2012, but it's on its way.