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Fueling Innovation: How Microsoft Finally Got It Right

Leading Blog

W E OFTEN THINK of innovation as something visionaries draw out of thin air, like manna from heaven. Here’s an innovation story that’s closer to reality: It’s a story of loss, grit, and renewal. It’s also about a never-too-late approach to innovation that enabled a floundering business to launch a second golden age.

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Innovate Forward

Leading Blog

Technology is the raw material that 21st-century innovators need to build new business capabilities, to develop exciting new products and services, and to create workarounds for the physical distancing measures we will likely endure for the foreseeable future. What new products and services will you create with it?

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What a Mechanical Shark Can Teach Us About Leadership and Innovation

Leading Blog

He could have bawled out the engineers and technicians behind the mechanical prop, demanding that they somehow find a way to carry out his vision. In business, we tend to mythologize innovative leaders as those who have a revolutionary vision and stick with it, no matter what. Spielberg could have insisted on the shot. But he didn’t.

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From Misunderstanding to Mastery: Four Dimensions to Transform Your Cross Cultural Leadership

Let's Grow Leaders

Cross cultural leadership to build better teams Cross cultural leadership is a fantastic chance to broaden your impact and develop teams that excel in performance and innovative problem-solving. It was an early lesson in cross cultural leadership, and I am so grateful for Jack having that conversation with me.

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Dive into the Role of the Chief People Officer in Today’s Workplace

N2Growth Blog

The Evolving Landscape of Human Resources Leadership In this ever-changing business landscape, the role of human resources (HR) leadership continues to evolve and adapt to meet the demands of a dynamic workforce. Moreover, HR leaders must have a keen eye for emerging talent coupled with attracting and retaining top performers.

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Elon Musk by Walter Isaascson

Leading Blog

Even though Musk’s approach doesn’t necessarily provide a blueprint to be copied any more than Steve Jobs’ approach did (even though both individuals got results), it does offer lessons to be learned and applied in our own leadership. This emotional shutoff valve could make him callous, but it also made him a risk-seeking innovator. “He

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How the Best in the World Reverse Engineer Success

Skip Prichard

In Decoding Greatness: How the Best in the World Reverse Engineer Success , Ron Friedman provides a blueprint for learning and adopting practices that will propel you to the next level of your success journey. Reverse engineering simply means studying the best in a field and working backward to figure out how they did it.