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How Criticism Creates Innovative Teams

Harvard Business Review

During a meeting in which GM''s top management team was considering a weighty decision, Sloan closed the meeting by asking." Sloan then waited as each member of the assembled committee nodded in agreement. The final, "debate" teams were given a set of rules similar to the "brainstorming" teams but with one important difference.

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Make Your Innovative Idea Seem Less Terrifying

Harvard Business Review

Four years ago, Craig Hatkoff, co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival, approached me about a brainstorm: an event recognizing and celebrating breakthrough innovators. She loved her job, and with a background in public affairs in communications had been successful in both international business and management roles.

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What Design Thinking Is Doing for the San Francisco Opera

Harvard Business Review

Madhav was in the MSx program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, a program for mid-career managers. He had been director of product management at Dell Computer before coming to Stanford. Not all members of the Opera’s staff and management had embraced the design thinking “fail early, fail often” approach.

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What the Rise of Russian Hackers Means for Your Business

Harvard Business Review

The North Koreans lashed out against Sony Pictures to protest a not-quite-Oscar-worthy film that featured the dramatic death of Kim Jong-un. Do not wait until you are in the midst of a cyberattack to brainstorm how, what, and when to communicate with your board, your shareholders, and your clients. But with the U.S.