Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2012

If you're an MBA-trained manager or executive, the odds are you were never, at any point in your educational or professional career given permission to fail, even on a "little bet." Similarly, modern industrial management is still predicated largely on mitigating risks and preventing errors, not innovating or inventing.

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Creativity Six Sigma Entrepreneur Learning-by-Doing 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

But increasingly, at the local level, innovative approaches involving unlikely partners playing unlikely roles are disrupting the status quo and addressing seemingly unsolvable challenges like those posed by Sandy. Government must adopt innovation practices that mirror those used by leading entrepreneurial companies around the world.

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Six Sigma Long-term Innovation Definition 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2011

With the $300 House initiative, it's easy to see the potential to spark innovation that, with a single stroke, could ameliorate several quality-of-life-concerns at once: shelter, water purification, alternative energy, cooking fuel and information access. Our team put Six-Sigma thinking to work. We learned quite a bit.

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Govindarajan Six Sigma Energy Transportation 15