First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 21, 2012

Here’s a recent post by Josh Linkner at his website. To check out the wealth of resources that he provides, please click here. * * * That ubiquitous red contraption contains just about every feature you can imagine. A nail clipper, ice pick, and Philips screwdriver. None of the individual tools are especially remarkable – [.].

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Innovation Tools Resources Gilbert 80

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2010

I argued a few months ago that the innovation axis was shifting from the West to the East. Silicon Valley remains the global hot spot of innovation, and America continues to churn out innovative companies like Groupon and Bloom Energy. Innovation has never been more accessible.

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Innovation Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Gilbert 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Consider Ashoka , which provides start-up funding and support for social innovators worldwide. At Best Buy in the early 2000s, Julie Gilbert was in charge of an internal network aimed at developing female leaders. Eager to change that, Gilbert encouraged her group to reach out to women customers.

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Gilbert Participative Cooper Network Economy 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Elizabeth Gilbert’s latest book, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear , has been called a must-read for anyone hoping to live a creative life. Reviewers have said that it’s completely changed their approach to creating, thanks to Gilbert’s practical advice for demystifying the creative process. Innovation Book.

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Creativity Gilbert Open-book Mentor 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2012

The root problem from Christensen's perspective is that "they didn't keep the purpose of their lives front and center as they decided how to spend their time, talents, and energy." These concepts will be explained in more detail in a fall Harvard Business Review article written by my colleagues Matt Eyring, Clark Gilbert, and Dick Foster.).

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Make you more innovative. But just because you know that a network is important to your success, it doesn’t mean you are devoting sufficient time and energy to making it useful and strong. The sidebar “The Innovator’s Network Dilemma” presents convincing data that bears out this observation.

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How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8