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Leadership & The Value Of An Inquiring Mind

You're Not the Boss of Me

Reply Harris Silverman - Business Coach July 29, 2010 at 12:39 pm Inquiring minds are not just for leaders. Too many corporations prefer conformity of thought to original thinking, and this limits their potential and inhibits growth and innovation. Announces Social Media, Branding & Diversity Strategies" by @ bizshrink.

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HBR's Most Popular Blog Posts of 2011

Harvard Business Review

by David Silverman. Silverman's basic philosophy on cover letters? Steve Jobs Solved the Innovator's Dilemma. The concept of reverse innovation applies in finance, as well. On Social Media Becoming Social Business. How the science of attention blindness can help you improve your innovative thinking.

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Workers, Take Off Your Headphones

Harvard Business Review

A drain on innovation. Accept the reality of our electronically networked workplaces and private digital media consumption. Something to think about before you decide to limit social chit-chat or put those headphones back on. Some personal-bubbledom is necessary. But too much creates a lonely crowd. How can you find the right balance?

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Women Behaving Badly (And Resetting the Playing Field)

Harvard Business Review

A great wave of cultural innovation followed, giving us creatures of a different kind. The women of Dallas , Sarah in The Sarah Conner Chronicles , Samantha in Sex and the City , Christine in Old Christine , Sarah Silverman, Chelsea Handler, Whitney Cummings. Clearly, a change was upon us.