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3 Ways to Break Out of a Zero-Sum Game of Growth with Your Competitors

Leading Blog

2: Create new technology enabled business models: GE’s Jeff Immelt and Dartmouth Professor Govindarajan are back, with lessons on digital transformation. He is an advisor to boards and CEOs on digital transformation, a sought-after speaker, and a globally awarded industry thought leader.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2016

Leading Blog

In this uncertain environment, including the mounting global economic concerns, a humble mindset will be the only thing that will unlock the most promising business, social and economic innovations. The Three-Box Solution : A Strategy for Leading Innovation by Vijay Govindarajan Ultimately our future is not in linear—incremental—improvements.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Mark Tercek – President and CEO, Nature Conservancy – world leader in global conservation. 14th Administrator, United States Agency for International Development. World Economic Forum – Global Leader for Tomorrow. Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Global Debt Registry (MHR). Non-profit CEOs. Corporate CEOs.

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New Books from the Press for April

Harvard Business Review

by Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble. The gap between rich nations and emerging economies is closing, so the global dynamics of innovation are changing. No longer will innovations travel solely from developed nations to developing ones — they will also flow in reverse. by Angel Cabrera and Gregory Unruh.

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Reverse Innovation: Create Far From Home, Win Everywhere

Harvard Business Review

Old thinking: Take existing products created for rich customers in developed markets and scale them down for emerging markets. New thinking: First develop innovative solutions that work for customers in poorer emerging markets, and then apply those innovations globally. View webinar: A conversation with Vijay Govindarajan.

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The $300 House: The Performance Challenge

Harvard Business Review

Kudos to Vijay Govindarajan and Christian Sarkar for taking a moment to reflect on Affordable Housing Institute founder David Smith's observation that markets alone will never successfully house any nation's poorest people. and global organizations that work with the Rapid Results Institute. The Marketing Challenge.

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The Most Intriguing HBR Blog Posts of 2010

Harvard Business Review

A post that neatly distilled a problem, framed an important question, and led to much commentary was Vijay Govindarajan's The $300 House: A Hands-On Lab for Reverse Innovation? Another post that reminded us that the developed world has much to learn from the developing one was What Poor Countries Can Teach Rich Ones About Health Care.

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