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2012 Best Books on Leadership, Innovation and Strategy

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How Will You Measure Your Life by Clay Christensen, James Allworth & Karen Murphy. Clay Christensen new book helps build that foundation by taking well-research business concepts and outlining how to apply them to your own life. If you haven’t there’s still time left in 2012 to dig into these great books. Leadership. Innovation.

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The Value of Vision Series – Whitney Johnson

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Whitney Johnson is a leading thinker on driving innovation via personal disruption and a co-founder of Clayton Christensen’s investment firm Rose Park Advisors. Erin Newkirk, the founder of RedStamp , provides a good case study in grappling with this paradox.

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Michael E. Raynor: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

However, as he once observed, ”Case studies of past results are a weak foundation for predicting future outcomes. Raynor, Director, Deloitte Consulting LLP, provides consulting services to senior executives in the world’s leading corporations across a wide range of industries.

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Stop Reinventing Disruption

Harvard Business Review

Both articles espoused slightly new definitions of disruption, expanding the categorization of the world that Clay Christensen introduced us to more than 20 years ago. The case studies offered in both of the articles above are good examples of this — cell phone GPS apps and Uber. But the path of disruption is not.

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If You Want to Lead, Read These 10 Books

Harvard Business Review

The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen (which is also on John Coleman's list) builds on the notion of a growth mindset more specifically within a business context. Whether disruptive innovation involves a product, service, company, or especially, an individual, Christensen provides a robust theory for learning how to lead.

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Stop Talking About Social and Do It

Harvard Business Review

This five-part series has shared case studies and examples of how the social era affects all areas of the business model: how we create, deliver, and capture value. Many of you know of Clay Christensen's iconic work the Innovators Dilemma. Yet our business models have not changed to keep pace with these shifts. Everything.

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Too Much Team Harmony Can Kill Creativity

Harvard Business Review

Consistent with these famous case studies, scientific research shows that creativity and innovation can be enhanced by reducing team harmony. Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy played a big role in stabilizing Europe after the 2008 financial crisis, but they made an odd couple in public and mocked each other in private.