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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. Innovation. Leapfrogging is a powerful book in how surprise powers innovative breakthroughs.

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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. Disruption shouldn't be a term used to describe any successful innovation. Over the course of the past few weeks, two articles crossed my desk touching on this issue.

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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. A recent research review suggested that managers can help this process by framing challenges as opportunities, while keeping their focus on the distance that still needs to be traveled.

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Ask Customers to Use Less of Your Product: The Big Heresy

Harvard Business Review

Last week I attended an Executive Sustainability Summit hosted by Xerox , Waste Management (WM), and Arizona State University. The short conference brought together public and private sector managers working on environmental and social issues. billion "managed print services" (MPS) industry ( according to research firm IDC ).

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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.