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First Look: Leadership Books for October 2017

Leading Blog

The Startup Way : How Modern Companies Use Entrepreneurial Management to Transform Culture and Drive Long-Term Growth by Eric Ries. Myths of Management : What People Get Wrong About Being the Boss by Stefan Stern and Cary Cooper. For bulk orders call 1-800-423-8273. Build your leadership library with these specials on over 39 titles.

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Why Innovators Love Constraints

Harvard Business Review

High-tech giant Adobe recently opened a striking new building in Lehi, Utah specifically designed to create an ecology of planned and unplanned cooperation and innovation among its employees. Workplace proximity can be equally productive. 85% of the interior is open workspace with only 15% devoted to offices.

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The Rise of UX Leadership

Harvard Business Review

For example, the now ubiquitous and much beloved Fiat 500 was first unveiled by Sergio Marchionne, no stranger to showmanship, at the Geneva Motorshow in 2004 following the buzz generated by the 2001 re-launch of the Mini-Cooper by BMW. We can only hope that this UX mindset migrates to Crotonville, GE''s vaunted leadership academy.)