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4 Ways Leaders Can Get More from Their Company’s Innovation Efforts

Harvard Business Review

A recent McKinsey report found that while 84% of corporate executives think innovation is key to achieving growth objectives, only 6% are satisfied with the innovation performance of their firm. Even if executives try to prioritize it, innovation often gets crowded out by more “urgent” short-term pressures.

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The Big Picture of Business – The Book of Acronyms

Strategy Driven

From our viewpoint, if business is conducted honorably and professionally, then profitability and success flow from doing the right things… not from pursuing false goals. Too often, one hears about what goes wrong in business relationships. The best successes are earned and learned. We should not take good fortune for granted.

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You Can't Impress Stock Analysts.and Shouldn't Try

Harvard Business Review

keep hearing from top executives at large, profitable companies that they're under "P&L pressure." Who declared 7 or 10 or 15 percent growth in earnings a sacrosanct pursuit, above all other corporate goals — like the innovation that leads to novel solutions that address customer needs?

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