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Creative Teams: 12 Habits That Foster Curiosity and Collaboration

Let's Grow Leaders

Incubator Guide Here. Change My Mind Habit: I’m open to new information, insights, and perspectives—and am willing to change course The willingness to change your mind doesn’t signify weakness or indecisiveness; rather, it’s a strength, a testament to your intellectual flexibility and curiosity.

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How IBM's Sam Palmisano Redefined the Global Corporation

Harvard Business Review

The real story behind IBM's success is the course Palmisano set for 21st century global enterprises. In 2002 Palmisano succeeded a legendary leader in Lou Gerstner, who saved IBM from being broken up and put it on a viable course. But IBM hasn't flourished because it kowtows to Wall Street.

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To Reform Capitalism, CEOs Should Champion Structural Reforms

Harvard Business Review

We need to respond urgently, and the choices before us range from dramatic course correction on one extreme, to facing "overshoot-and-collapse" on the other. Over the past few decades, countless approaches to course correction have been advanced. The Heart of the Problem. that other enterprises then draw upon.

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How an Ecosystem Mindset Can Help People and Organizations Succeed

Harvard Business Review

In December 2013 he was an up-and-coming young San Francisco entrepreneur and CEO of an incubator, when he posted an offhand comment on Facebook about homelessness in his city. The organization currently counts 61 startups in their portfolio in fields as diverse as energy, healthcare and manufacturing.

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Indian Tales of Inclusive Business Models

Harvard Business Review

Indovation designates the unique process by which innovations are developed in India to serve a large number of people affordably and sustainably in response to conditions of scarcity and diversity.

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Microfinance Is Good for Women, but It's Only Part of the Solution

Harvard Business Review

There is also a risk that these ventures may cause some to associate women's businesses solely with microfinance, leading lenders, incubators, and even the entrepreneurs themselves to limit their thinking to small ventures, when the ideas and market potential of some women may warrant something bigger.

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What Big Companies Get Wrong About Innovation Metrics

Harvard Business Review

Companies as diverse as AIG, Disney, and Intuit have been building innovation teams, launching “accelerator” programs to attract promising startups, and giving employees seed funding to test out new ideas with real customers. Kenneth Andersson. Sixty-nine percent of respondents said they’re gathering that data.