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AUGUST 12, 2014

Im reading about innovation then, not innovation now. New products then, not now. A few thoughts Im reading Business Adventuresby John Brooksfor the next First Friday Book Synopsis. First published in 1969, now reissued, these are not current stories. General […]. Randy''s blog entries'

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 13, 2014

He advises large, global organizations on strategy, innovation and organizational change and is recognized as a leading expert in enabling organizational renewal and growth through innovation. His experience cuts across industries and includes technology, consumer products & retail, healthcare, energy, financial services […].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Innovation: 
successful products and strategies are quickly copied. Without relentless innovation, success is fleeting. …there’s not one company in a hundred that has made innovation everyone’s job, every day. 
In …innovation is the only sustainable strategy for creating long-term value. 


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First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 19, 2013

At the end of 2002 he started his own innovation organization to spread, train and facilitate the FORTH innovation […]. Bob''s blog entries Albert Einstein and ECCI XII (Faro (2011).

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First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Books to help you think about: time management, personal productivity, leadership, communication, strategy, organizational effectiveness, working well as a team – collaboration, execution, constant improvement, innovation… The list of challenges is kind of overwhelming, isn’t it? Two a month?

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Bob''s blog entries Adam Amengual iOS 7 iPhone 4 iPhone 4S iPhone 5C iPhone 5S products scream Apple products show the values of a company products speak to innovation and to caring about every detail Tim Cook: The Complete Interview by Sam Grobart for Bloomberg Businessweek Twitter' Or even […].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 28, 2014

He advises large, global organizations on strategy, innovation and organizational change and is recognized as a leading expert in enabling organizational renewal and growth through innovation. Peter Skarzynski is a founder and Managing Partner of ITC Business Group, LLC.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 16, 2012

…successful products and strategies are quickly copied. Without relentless innovation, success is fleeting. …there’s not one company in a hundred that has made innovation everyone’s job, every day. ?In In most organizations, innovation still happens “despite the system” rather than because of it.?…innovation

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 29, 2012

Here is the executive summary of a recent report featured online by The McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), the business and economics research arm of McKinsey & Company. MGI was established in 1990 to develop a deeper understanding of the evolving global economy. Our goal is to provide leaders in the commercial, public, and social sectors [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 14, 2014

Bob''s blog entries Akamai Technologies Aruba and Dealing with Darwin: How Great Companies Innovate at Every Phase of Their Evolution Box Cisco Cognizant Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers (Third Edition) Escape Velocity: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers Geoffrey A.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Customers no longer exist to buy your products; you exist to solve your customer’s problems. In the customer economy, yesterday’s innovation is baseline today and obsolete tomorrow. The company that remains self-rather than customer-centric cannot endure. Anticipation is an edge that every […].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

She has taught MBA courses in managerial leadership, corporate capabilities, new product and process design, technology strategy and innovation management. At Harvard, M.I.T., […].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 9, 2013

Tellis is Director of the Center for Global Innovation, Neely Chair of American Enterprise, and Professor of Marketing, Management & Organization at the Marshall School of Business, the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. He specializes in innovation, advertising, global market entry, new product growth, and pricing.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 25, 2013

Whittier Professor at Stanford Edison Achievement Award for Innovation Fortune Magazine How IDEO brings design to corporate America National Academy of Engineers National Design Award in Product Design Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum' Bob''s blog entries Chrysler Design Award Dinah Eng Donald W.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

Bob''s blog entries "Moore''s Law" and the Second Machine Age and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation Larry Downes Geoffrey Moore Crossing the Chasm (3rd Edition): Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers Gordon Moore Electronics magazine "Cramming (..)

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Bob''s blog entries Company Lifecycle and Culture Change Too Fast Today Consolidation Efficiency and scale Forbes Fish Can''t See Water: How National Culture Can Make or Break Your Corporate Strategy Geographic expansion IBM Xerox innovation Internet John Wiley & Sons Kai Hammerich Martin C. Lewis Webvan'

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MARCH 18, 2015

Bob''s blog entries (MD) A Walk in the Rain with a Brain (Regan Books/Harper Collins) Answers to Distraction (Pantheon 1995) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) Delivered From Distraction (Ballantine) Delivered From Distraction (Pantheon) Dr. John Ratey (Pantheon) Dr. Peter Jensen Driven to Distraction at Work: How to Focus and Be More (..)

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 26, 2015

In this competitive marketplace, an organization’s ability to innovate by staying ahead of the competition and delivering products that command the market’s attention is more important than ever.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 14, 2013

Brick by Brick: How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry David C. Robertson with Bill Breen Crown Business (2013) How and why the phoenix became the unofficial bird of the LEGO Group The family-owned LEGO Group is among several once great companies that deteriorated almost to the point of […].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS (Forget a Mentor) Find a Sponsor: The New Way to Fast-Track Your Career Sylvia Ann Hewlett Leading the Starbucks Way: 5 Principles for Connecting with Your Customers, Your Products and Your People Joseph A. Michelli The […].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 7, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win Steven Gary Blank Your Survival Instinct Is Killing You: Retrain Your Brain to Conquer Fear, Make Better Decisions, and Thrive in the 21st [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 15, 2011

Their unique views enable them to come up with new products and innovations that leave the rest of us envious. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. Good designers see the world differently. Here are [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 6, 2016

The primary focus of his research is on the effective management of innovation and entrepreneurship, particularly in the development and commercialization of sustainable technologies. Andrew Hargadon is a Professor of Technology Management and Charles J. Soderquist Chair in Entrepreneurship at the University of California at Davis.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 2, 2011

Here is an excerpt from the first of two articles by G. Michael Maddock and Raphael Louis Vitón that were published in Bloomberg Businessweek. I suggest you read the first before you read the sequel. This first article has apparently created so much controversy (and perhaps misunderstanding) to which Maddock and Vitón then felt the [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 5, 2011

Here is an excerpt to the second of two articles by G. Michael Maddock and Raphael Louis Vitón that were published in Bloomberg Businessweek. I suggest you read the first before you read this sequel. It has apparently created so much controversy (and perhaps misunderstanding) to which Maddock and Vitón felt the need to respond. [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 11, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Brick by Brick: How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry David C. Robertson with Bill Breen The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products That Win (Fifth Edition) […].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 30, 2012

Gregory Unruh is a thought leader dedicated to sustainability innovation for business and the world. An Associate Professor of Sustainability at the Thunderbird School of Global Management, he is a noted writer, speaker and educator in the areas of corporate social responsibility, environmental management and innovation management.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 11, 2011

Levers of Control: How Managers Use Innovative Control Systems to Drive Strategic Renewal Robert Simons Harvard Business School Press (1994) I read this book when it was first published in 1994 and recently re-read it, curious to see how well it has held up. My conclusion? Very well indeed. What I find especially noteworthy is [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 14, 2011

To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. * * * Apple’s culture is as distinct as its products are groundbreaking. [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 16, 2011

Good people, who know their product, their company, their customers. So I was meeting with a group of account managers in a local company, helping them up their level of customer service. But they want to do better, to become better at what they do, to help their customers be much more than just satisfied [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 4, 2011

The Marketing Imagination (Expanded Edition) Theodore Levitt Free Press (1986) Do not be misled by the date of this Expanded Edition: Of the more than 27 gazillion books on marketing now in print, none has had a greater impact than has this one. It is truly a masterpiece. By way of background, in 1960 (in [.].

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NOVEMBER 11, 2012

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Pumpkin Plan: A Simple Strategy to Grow a Remarkable Business in Any Field Mike Michalowicz HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations Nancy Duarte Freedom, Inc.: Free Your Employees and Let Them Lead Your Business to Higher [.].

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Management Tips from Harvard Business Review Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) 150 “tips”…almost unlimited “icebergs” Here are 150 “Management Tips of the Day” that have been featured by the Harvard Business Review blog ([link] On average, each has a total word count of about 50 and is best viewed as a reminder rather [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 26, 2012

Todd Henry is the founder and CEO of Accidental Creative, a company that helps creative people and teams generate brilliant ideas. He regularly speaks and consults with companies, both large and small, about how to develop practices and systems that lead to everyday brilliance.

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APRIL 19, 2011

Here’s an excerpt from article written by Jamie Campbell, Kenny Kurtzman, and Adam Michaels for strategy+business magazine, published by Booz & Company.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 12, 2011

Many people are unaware that among the invaluable resources that Harvard Business Review makes available at no cost online are more than 100 videos — each about five minutes in length – that have been excerpted from conversations during which eminent thought leaders share their insights. Here’s a partial list. FYI, I am using a [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Teresa Amabile is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration and a Director of Research at Harvard Business School and co-author of The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work. Originally educated as a chemist, Teresa received her doctorate in psychology from Stanford University.

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