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Fueling Innovation: How Microsoft Finally Got It Right

Leading Blog

W E OFTEN THINK of innovation as something visionaries draw out of thin air, like manna from heaven. 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. Innovation had become the goal, and that wasn’t enough.

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First Look: Leadership Books for April 2024

Leading Blog

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in April 2024 curated just for you. Mentorship Unlocked : The Science and Art of Setting Yourself Up for Success by Janice Omadeke What is a mentor? Why is having a mentor crucial to success? Be sure to check out the other great titles being offered this month.

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Unlock Team Success with Proven Strategies to Build a Better Team

Let's Grow Leaders

Building a Better Team with Tanya Luna [00:00] The conversation begins with a powerful notion: shifting focus from personal ambition to collective success. This concept is key to developing a better team environment, where power is utilized collaboratively towards achieving shared goals. [08:21]

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Beyond Disruption: Innovation Doesn’t Have to Be Disruptive

Leading Blog

D ISRUPTION has become synonymous with innovation. In contrast, nondisruptive innovation is “achieved without disrupting a preexisting market and its associated companies and jobs.” In Beyond Disruption: Innovate and Achieve Growth without Displacing Industries , Blue Ocean Strategy authors W. Stay focused on value innovation.

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First Look: Leadership Books for December 2023

Leading Blog

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in December 2023 curated just for you. How did Pixar out-innovate Disney? How did Pixar out-innovate Disney? Does Shark Tank teach us something about the way we pursue success that isn't true? Why do companies kill creativity? But it's not true.

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Leader's Playbook For Perpetual Innovation

Eric Jacobson

And now he’s written, Going on the Offense: A Leader’s Playbook for Perpetual Innovation. Most companies pray for one innovation to skyrocket their growth. Dr. Behnam Tabrizi Tabrizi has whittled those qualities down into eight main drivers of perpetual innovation : Setting an Existential Purpose: Why Does Your Company Matter?

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The Best Leadership Books of 2021

Leading Blog

Many of the books listed below help us to do just that. The books listed below help us to build the right foundation from which we can lead others. Flux helps readers open this mindset—a flux mindset—and develop eight “flux superpowers” that flip conventional ideas about leadership, success, and well-being on their heads.

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