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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? While many have scoffed at the CBS show &# Undercover Boss, &# I believe it signals a very disturbing trend. I Think Not.

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Reinvigorate Your Career by Taking the Right Kind of Risk

Harvard Business Review

Stephen Curry has built his NBA career on taking shots that others don’t: three-pointers from a crazy distance. Jon Buchan, the director of London-based Charm Offensive, a creator of innovative cold emailing campaigns, applies Curry’s disruptive basketball strategy to business: “Find a gap,” Buchan writes.

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Set the Conditions for Anyone on Your Team to Be Creative

Harvard Business Review

Employees need to constantly write six-page memos, even for introducing small product features throughout their careers at the company. Any company can replicate Amazon’s memo-writing policy. That is how Google’s “20% time” policy is able to act as a human-powered search engine for new ideas.

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What Inclusive Urban Development Can Look Like

Harvard Business Review

The project has provided a laboratory for testing practical policies and initiatives that can promote inclusive prosperity. There’s also potential to improve existing jobs by providing lower-skill workers with tools and encouragement, thereby improving customer service, reducing turnover, and promoting innovation and engagement.

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The Next Frontier of Judgment - Across Enterprises

Harvard Business Review

The story, which apparently has echoes in some other school districts around the country, is but one more salvo in the wars of educational reform (recently depicted in the film Waiting for Superman — dont miss it).