Sat.May 28, 2011 - Fri.Jun 03, 2011

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Why a Leadership Checklist

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By Michael Useem, Author of The Leader's Checklist. Consider the executive who briefed his top management team on the company's plans for the coming year, referencing products launches, pricing pressures, and analyst concerns. The off-site presentation proved engaging and stimulating, with vibrant graphics to bolster it and strong applause to end it.

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A Drive for Excellence

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Here in Michigan, the automotive industry has always been an everyday topic of conversation. In the past, college graduates would gain employment as automotive industry managers and high school graduates would be well compensated by seeking factory jobs. As a former executive within the automotive supply chain, I have observed the industry since listening to a talk, while in college, by Charles Erwin Wilson (July 18, 1890 – September 26, 1961) who was United States Secretary of Defense from 195

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The Economics of Culture

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Since the late '90s much of Tyler Cowen's work has looked at the economics of culture. He consumes art and music at the rate he does books, but unlike most critics he doesn't sniff that markets have either ruined culture or brought it low. In 2002 he published Creative Destruction , which argues that globalization created much of the art and music we might consider "native.

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The Creative Process

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The interests of the innovator aren't perfectly aligned with the interests of the corporation. "You can be one of the most successful makers of enterprise technology products the world has ever known, but that doesn't mean your instincts will carry over to the consumer market," the tech writer Harry McCracken recently wrote. "They're really different, and few companies have ever been successful in both.