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The most important skills that Google looks for when hiring

First Friday Book Synopsis

When conducting research for his latest book, Creating Innovators, Tony Wagner interviewed hundreds of thought leaders in creativity, innovation, and talent management. One of them is Judy Gilbert, director of Talent at Google. Here’s what Gilbert has to say: [.].

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Are you a Scientist or an Engineer? Things to think about.

Mike Cardus

Gilbert ‘Human Competence’. Corporate Team Building Innovation Leadership Organization Development coaching create-learning team building and leadership quotes Team Building' The scientist sees themselves as a tiny spot of intelligence surrounded by a vast see of ignorance. The riddle does exist. michael cardus is create-learning.

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Josh Linkner on “Swiss Army Knife Innovation”

First Friday Book Synopsis

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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Posts from Top Leadership Bloggers

Michael Lee Stallard

Lessons from Gilbert and Sullivan. Tanveer Naseer helps leaders’ to protect their blind side with tips on how to ease someone back into the team after an absence in Helping Employees Regain Their Productivity After A Prolonged Absence. why is everyone smiling?

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The Best Leaders “Talk the Walk”

Harvard Business Review

But the more time I spend with game-changing innovators and high-performing companies, the more I appreciate the need for leaders to “talk the walk” — that is, to be able to explain, in language that is unique to their field and compelling to their colleagues and customers, why what they do matters and how they expect to win.

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Three Year-End Innovation Takeaways from Asia

Harvard Business Review

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. There is lots of work to be done, of course.

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Kodak and the Brutal Difficulty of Transformation

Harvard Business Review

This is the title of the first day of the 28-day training program in the back of The Little Black Book of Innovation. The challenge — what I call "The Innovator's Paradox" — is when you have the freedom to change, you don't feel the urgency. Start before you need to. This is hard stuff. That research is summarized here.

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