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Innovation Begins (and remains) at the Top

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post By John Sweeney: Innovation is foundational to business leadership. We empower individuals across disciplines to evaluate, orchestrate, strategize, create and hire, but most importantly, we empower others to innovate. But for innovation, responsibility begins and remains at the highest levels of leadership.

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The Future Of Work Post-Covid

The Horizons Tracker

As Michael Hammer famously warned back in 1990, it’s no use applying new technologies to old processes, so in order to get the most out of AI and automation, jobs are having to be redesigned so that man and machine can work well together. Redesigning the business.

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Today's Innovation Can Rise from Yesterday's Failure

Harvard Business Review

a Boston-based innovation management collaborative. We use this simple framework to determine the success of an innovative effort. In other words, successful innovation requires motive, means, and opportunity. Innovation efforts fail anytime they fail to deliver on all three of these domains strongly enough.

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The Benefits of the Best Equipment In Business

Strategy Driven

Increased Efficiency. The best equipment will also provide the most efficient performance, which is essential for a range of companies, whether you are office-based and require speedy processors, to a company that works on the road and requires a fast DC fuel transfer pump to stay on schedule. Innovative Appearance.

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From Zipcar to the Sharing Economy

Harvard Business Review

Avis has taken an interesting (and bold) step by acquiring Zipcar, absorbing an innovative but struggling competitor at what is likely to be seen as a bargain price while acquiring a small but desirable customer base and gaining a foothold in the rapidly growing world of collaborative consumption.

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Choice Helps High-End Products, Hurts Low-End Products

Harvard Business Review

Especially in situations where consumers typically refine their preferences at the point of purchase, we can expect that choice engages interest in innovation and quality differences. These auctions included books, carpets, furniture, jewelry, photographs, watches, pictures, and wine, among other items.

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Is America Losing Its Edge in Clean-Energy Tech?

Harvard Business Review

This healthy, innovative sector holds out vast promise, but missteps now could cost the United States its lead. has underwritten much of the technological innovation behind clean energy's progress. has underwritten much of the technological innovation behind clean energy's progress. The clean-energy field is evolving rapidly.

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