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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Thinkers50 – World’s Most Influential Management Thinkers. Called ‘The Academy Awards of Leadership’ by the Economist, Thinkers50 is the world’s most reliable resource for identifying, ranking and sharing the leading management ideas of our age. Co-founder of Rose Park Advisors—Disruptive Innovation Fund.

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Cisco's Flip Flop and (Mis)Managing the Obvious

Harvard Business Review

Cisco's clever little camcorder collapse provides picture-perfect insight into a pervasive innovation pathology: Ignoring — or disrespecting — the obvious. Novel subtlety and nuance can be wonderful but my innovation heart belongs to obvious. or "How can we push the innovation envelope?" This was obvious.

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The Industries Apple Could Disrupt Next

Harvard Business Review

Most pundits agreed on what was wrong — a lack of breakthrough innovation since the passing of founder Steve Jobs. Apple has seemingly served as an anomaly to the theory of disruptive innovation. But the critical asset in that value chain is the viewership data that Nielsen provides, which sets the price for advertising.

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What Microsoft Should Have Done Instead of Discounting Windows

Harvard Business Review

On Friday, Microsoft slashed the price of Windows 8.1 The magnitude of this price cut was surprising; all that was missing was a pitchman screaming “If you call now, we’ll throw in a free Tae Bo workout DVD — a $29.95 Instead of the regular $50 per unit license fee, if you act right now the price is $15.

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How Merck Is Trying to Keep Disrupters at Bay

Harvard Business Review

Pharmaceutical companies, buffeted by regulatory changes, new drug technologies that alter entry barriers and competition, price pressures, and an estimated 300,000 job cuts since 2000, seem to fit the popular narrative of large organizations unable to deal with disruptive forces.

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Hospitals Are Dramatically Overpaying for Their Technology

Harvard Business Review

More companies have pledged to open their data, giving innovators everywhere the chance to mine that data and use it to drive better care. Too often, hospitals treat equipment and IT procurement in a siloed way, focusing on price without looking at how those devices will work as part of a larger system.

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The End of the Line for the Analog Phone Network

Harvard Business Review

Such is the nature of disruptive innovation, whose impact across industries continues to accelerate thanks to exponential improvements in digital and other core technologies. Conducting limited and carefully managed trials will unearth the remaining engineering and policy obstacles to a smooth transition.