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More Evidence For How Company Performance Is Affected By CEO Personality

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As I reported here previously , there is very credible evidence that a narcissistic leader will take a company on a wild ride that won’t result in any better or worse performance. percent in return on investments (ROI).” (p. high technology). percent in return on assets (ROA), 5.01 percent in return on sales (ROS), and 3.85

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How Big Companies Should Innovate

Harvard Business Review

They're bad at innovation by design: All the pressures and processes that drive them toward a profitable, efficient operation tend to get in the way of developing the innovations that can actually transform the business. However, I also pointed out a paradox: being bad at innovation and good at execution isn't necessarily undesirable.

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What Your Moonshot Can Learn from the Apollo Program

Harvard Business Review

” The notion of moonshots is a hugely appealing idea, whether you are an enterprise working on a market innovation, a nonprofit organization tackling societal problems, or a government trying to govern better. How can we get the moonshot formula right to unlock this approach to groundbreaking innovation?

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Why Investors Who Bought Groupon's IPO May Be Disappointed

Harvard Business Review

The real innovation of deal sites such as Groupon and Living Social is that they have garnered millions of consumers who are interested in receiving deals on a variety of products and services. These sites have a unique opportunity to morph into innovative digital versions of Sunday circulars. The future does not seem rosy.

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The Dinosaurs of Cannes

Harvard Business Review

While some in the industry wish that we could remain as creative free spirits with our clients as patrons, clients are becoming so squeezed — and so focused on ROI — that that model isn''t sustainable. Advertising Creativity Innovation' What''s the future of Cannes? See you next year in Cannes.