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To Innovate in a Big Company, Don’t Think “Us Against Them”

Harvard Business Review

Take the case of Janssen, the pharmaceuticals arm of Johnson & Johnson, which created a breakthrough innovative program called Immersion. The idea started with two Janssen employees, Annick Daems and Enrique Esteban, who were spearheading an initiative to increase the company’s diversity of thought and experience.

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How to Give the Same Talk to Different Audiences

Harvard Business Review

As a professional speaker who delivers between 30-50 paid keynotes per year, here are three strategies I’ve discovered that can help you craft a successful talk that resonates with diverse attendees. First, it can be helpful to envision the sections of your speech as “modules” that you can shift and reshuffle as needed.

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India Remakes Global Innovation

Harvard Business Review

We recently visited the brand-new R&D lab of Dr Reddy's , one of India's leading pharmaceutical firms. The Indian firms we studied promote diversity in their R&D management by hiring external talent to build and oversee their global innovation network. Cambridge, U.K. facility in Cambridge Science Park. and the U.K.

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The 2010 Execution Round-Up: Six Companies That Couldn't 'Get It.

Strategy Driven

It appears Nokia was not able to coordinate decisions and activities across departments or levels of management. Many innovative ideas became the victims of in-fighting among managers who had competing objectives. The BRIDGE that failed for Gap Makers #2, 3, and 4 : Company-Wide Coordination and Cooperation.