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How to Use Intelligent Failure and Controlled Chaos to Strengthen Agility Ability

The Practical Leader

In his article on “Crafting Strategy,” McGill University professor and management author, Henry Mintzberg, provides a good example of innovation and organizational learning in high-performing, agile organizations: “Out in the field, a salesman visits a customer. A new product emerges, which eventually opens up a new market.

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10 Characteristics of God Leadership | Ron Edmondson

Ron Edmondson

Home About Consulting Church Family Leadership Navigation: Home » Encouragement » 10 Characteristics of God Leadership 10 Characteristics of God Leadership January 3, 2011 in Encouragement , God , Innovation , Leadership with 16 Comments One of my Top Posts of 2010 was a post entitled 10 Characteristics of Good Leadership.

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Invent Now – Tweak Later

Ron Edmondson

Apparently, it takes time for innovation to ultimately find it’s true destination. Penicillin was invented in 1928, but didn’t arrive on the market for mass use until 1945. We should not be afraid of small doses of innovation. We often need a fresh dose of innovation. I love that. Hopefully you get the idea.

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Where My Best Ideas Come From | Ron Edmondson

Ron Edmondson

Home About Consulting Church Family Leadership Navigation: Home » Culture » Where My Best Ideas Come From Where My Best Ideas Come From January 22, 2011 in Culture , Encouragement , Innovation with 24 Comments Where do you get your best ideas? I love ideas, so I’m always trying to create new ones.

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50+ Examples of “Successful Leadership Requires…” | Ron Edmondson

Ron Edmondson

5 Examples of Leading Outside the Norm 4 Times a Leader Should Strategize on Making a Decision About Ron Edmondson: Church planter and pastor with a heart for strategy, leadership and marketing; especially geared toward developing churches and growing and improving the Kingdom of God.

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Revealing Leadership Insights From Thinkers50

Tanveer Naseer

From blue ocean strategy to Michael Porter’s five forces, Vijay Govindarajan’s reverse innovation to Richard D’Aveni’s hypercompetition, great thinkers and their ideas directly effect how companies are run and how business people think about and practice business. Think of Peter Drucker who topped the first Thinkers50 ranking in 2001.

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7 Ways to Ensure Your Email Gets Read | Ron Edmondson

Ron Edmondson

Home About Consulting Church Family Leadership Navigation: Home » Leadership » Business » 7 Ways to Ensure Your Email Gets Read 7 Ways to Ensure Your Email Gets Read January 11, 2011 in Business , Innovation , Leadership with 35 Comments I’ve been having a problem with my youngest son lately.