First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 13, 2014

Peter Skarzynski is a founder and Managing Partner of ITC Business Group, LLC. His experience cuts across industries and includes technology, consumer products & retail, healthcare, energy, financial services […].

Prahalad 93

Prahalad Hamel Core Competence Drucker 93

First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 28, 2014

Peter Skarzynski is a founder and Managing Partner of ITC Business Group, LLC. His experience cuts across industries and includes technology, consumer products & retail, healthcare, energy, financial services and transportation companies. Bob''s blog entries Apple Brilliant Mistakes C.K.

Prahalad 75

Prahalad Hamel Core Competence Wilde 75

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

I will often read a book in one sitting, have more than a dozen books presently underway on my Kindle, subscribe to online clipping services, use RSS feeds to scour news groups & forums, I devour social content on blogs, podcasts, Twitter, Facebook, various iPhone apps, etc., What All Great Leaders Have In Common | N2Growth Blog [.]

Blog 419

Blog Open-book Library Learning-by-Doing 419

First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Yves Doz is Professor of Strategic Management and Solvay Chaired Professor of Technological Innovation, INSEAD. Prahalad, a close colleague and friend, he is at the origin of the integration responsiveness (I/R) grid, which became a core framework in international management. Together with C.K.

Prahalad 80

Prahalad Innovation Technology Books 80

LDRLB

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

And my research is essentially about how to help particularly large organizations become better managed, better organized, and more well-equipped for the future. Management still matters significantly. Why does management still matter? My personal crusade here is to bring management back onto an equal putting with leadership.

Competitive Advantage 121

Competitive Advantage Drucker Open-book Learning-by-Doing 121

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Gary Hamel and C.K. Hamel and Prahalad have an entirely different point of view. But according to Prahalad and Hamel, firms should set unrealistic goals, not realistic goals. JFK's intent produced many breakthrough technologies. If Canon had followed that advice in the early 1970s, it would have never taken on Xerox.

Goal 9

Goal Prahalad Hamel CPA 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

This is the result of the rapid shifts that have been occurring in the business world over the last few years--the commoditization of goods and services, the individuation of value, the transformation of the workforce--which I discussed in my previous blog post. But CIOs also need to not get caught up in the technology trap.

CIO 8

CIO Competitive Advantage Agility Hamel 8