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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 "control" teams were given no further instructions and told to develop as many ideas as possible.

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Make Your Strategy More Agile

Harvard Business Review

Originating from agile software development, the sprint has entered the business mainstream as an increasingly popular means to accelerate business model, product, or service innovation. But the sprint format isn’t just for development and design anymore. Can you run fast and go deep at the same time?

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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. Innovation'

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What Design Thinking Is Doing for the San Francisco Opera

Harvard Business Review

To survive and thrive with the conflicting demands of performance excellence and constrained resources, SFO has developed a highly structured organization. Madhav was in the MSx program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, a program for mid-career managers. Getting comfortable with feeling uncomfortable. The audience loved it.