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In Praise of Average Joes

LDRLB

Those that thrive, go a step further; they worship innovation and breathe healthy cultures. Ronnie was an organizer – a leader in cultural development. In fact, it was Ronnie who took a sledge hammer to that wall and turned it into rubble. He is a contributor to Fortune magazine and a regular blogger at CEO Afterlife.

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Everybody Loves Bob – Faster Cheaper Better: The 9 Levers for Transforming How Work Gets Done

Strategy Driven

Hershman and Dr. Michael Hammer. Michael Hammer was a bold and revolutionary thinker, the coauthor of Reengineering the Corporation, the most important business book of the 1990s. Hershman is the Chief Executive Officer of Hammer and Company. Faster Cheaper Better : The 9 Levers for Transforming How Work Gets Done by Lisa W.

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The Businesses That Platforms Are Actually Disrupting

Harvard Business Review

And many platforms today, such as 50-year-old MasterCard, were started back when a browser was someone thumbing through magazines at the local newsstand. Microsoft Windows, for example, has been the dominant platform for users, developers, and hardware makers for more than 25 years.

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Recruiting Strategies for a Tight Talent Market

Harvard Business Review

Following are three such innovative approaches for connecting with top talent. For developers, that may be Stack Overflow, a question-and-answer site specifically for programmers. ” Such innovative solutions have paid off: Fortune magazine recently named Highfive to its list of the 10 Best Small Workplaces in Technology. .”

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Have You Earned the Right to Lead? Ten Deeply Destructive Mistakes That Suggest the Answer Is No (and How to Stop Making Them)

Strategy Driven

The author’s Harvard Business Review articles are among the most highly read in the magazine’s history. Written for all leaders who need to develop and renew their leadership skills. Because innovation requires it. But if your employees take a risk and fail, and you come down on them like a hammer, guess what?

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The 5 Requirements of a Truly Innovative Company

Harvard Business Review

Can you think of any business topic that’s been hotter for longer than innovation? In a McKinsey poll , 94% of the managers surveyed said they were dissatisfied with their company’s innovation performance. And yet when it comes to innovation, the gap between aspiration and accomplishment seems as big as ever.