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Fueling Innovation: How Microsoft Finally Got It Right

Leading Blog

In 2014, when the company’s market capitalization was $380 billion, this Microsoft veteran took over as CEO. Here’s an innovation story that’s closer to reality: It’s a story of loss, grit, and renewal. It’s about a wildly successful company that went off course. You know this company. For Microsoft, the future looked bleak.

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The Books That Impacted My Life In 2014

Joseph Lalonde

In 2014, I read a lot. Let’s start off with the physical books I read in 2014. Wild At Heart: Discovering The Secret Of A Man’s Soul by John Eldredge – This is the second or third time I’ve read through Wild At Heart and I’ve found it just as applicable today as I did the first time I read the book.

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Worker Buy-In Is Crucial When Experimenting On Virtual Workers

The Horizons Tracker

Shifting habits A noticeable shift occurred in 2014, when workers on the platform discovered that the company was running experiments with the design and display of various metrics in worker profiles without any opt-in required.

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#GIRLBOSS: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

#GIRLBOSS Sophia Amoruso Portfolio/Penguin–Putnam (2014) Some readers could be deterred by a writing style that may seem to resemble narcissism on steroids. Everyone else is taken” Christene Barberich Christina Ferruci Jenné Lombardo Leandra Medine Nasty Gal Norma Kamali Oscar Wilde Portfolio/Penguin--Putnam Sophia Amoruso'

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Rod Pyle: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

His most recent books are Innovation the NASA Way: Harnessing the Power of Your Organization for Breakthrough Success for McGraw Hill (March 2014), which the Library Journal called “A gripping […].

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Rod Pyle: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

His most recent books are Innovation the NASA Way: Harnessing the Power of Your Organization for Breakthrough Success for McGraw Hill (March 2014), which the Library Journal called “A gripping […].

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Patricia Nolan-Brown: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

She is the author of Idea to Invention: What You Need to Know to Cash in Your Inspiration (AMACOM, January 2014.) She also teaches an online self-paced class consisting of 20+ short how-to videos via Skill Share. Among her many inventions […].

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