Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Yet, the power of surprise is necessary to create business breakthroughs. And, during the process of creating breakthroughs, surprises inevitably crop up along the way. But it does outline the key phases and dynamics that characterize the process of leading business breakthroughs. Sources: Orly Lobel: Talent Wants to Be Free.

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LDRLB

APRIL 23, 2012

Soren is the Managing Principal of InnovationPoint, an Adjunct Professor within the Imagineering Academy at NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences in The Netherlands and the author of the new book Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs. Innovation is a continuous process of invention and reinvention.

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LDRLB

APRIL 23, 2012

Soren is the Managing Principal of InnovationPoint, an Adjunct Professor within the Imagineering Academy at NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences in The Netherlands and the author of the new book Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs. Innovation is a continuous process of invention and reinvention.

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

And that’s where the power – and the risk – lies. We brought in web experts to install new firewalls and deterrents to prevent his current URL from being redirected to malicious sites, acquired numerous new URLs to redirect all entries to a new website for him and began the process of removing images from search results.

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Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 7, 2011

The powerful effect of trust is that it enables cooperative behavior without costly and cumbersome monitoring and contracting. . In short, trust is a form of social capital that enhances performance between individuals, within and among groups, and in larger collectives, like organizations, institutions and nations.

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Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Debate, rather than brainstorming, may be less pleasant but it will always be more productive.because the power of dissent is the power of surprise. And since competition is a matter of relations, the company’s ability to structure and control the process of securing productive relationships will determine success in the marketplace.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 3, 2018

With up to 20% of staff turnover occurring within the first 45 days of employment, a standardized onboarding process is essential. ” There’s almost always a litany of cryptic acronyms that company’s use for key processes or roles — decoding them can be one of the most distressing challenges for new hires.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2014

A talented programmer, he accepted one of a number of job offers, turning down Google in the process, and is already hard at work. To me this means that he has, in essence, made the calculation that the use of social networks will replace the “badges” that my generation valued to determine reputation. A college degree is a hack?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

At Level 4, you're helping customers build their social capital — that is, helping them to build and expand valuable support groups and communities. Helping customers build social capital may seem far removed from the concerns a competitive business should occupy itself with. Give them a say.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2011

This post is part of a three-week series exploring the re-invention of the social infrastructure of cities, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. I then realized that the educational process happens not just inside the school walls, but in three different places: school, family and community.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2014

In virtually every case we hear something like this: “I have an idea for a new product (or process, system, program, etc.). Given the uncertainty inherent in their work this “acceptable loss” frame of reference represents a powerful offset to the traditional notions of “expected return” that stop most efforts before they ever begin.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

Wal-Mart announced that it would pay out up to $1,000 per employee, depending on seniority, and that it would begin a process of boosting its minimum wage to $11 per hour. Just as noteworthy, John Lewis operates as a full-fledged democracy that distributes power up and down the ranks. Our focus is on social capital.”

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2012

To turn groups of employees into great teams, a powerful first step is to form a social contract — an explicit agreement that lays out the ground rules for team members' behaviors. Social contracts clearly outline norms for how members will and should interact with one another.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2013

Our mobile devices are powerful computers connected to high-speed networks. The digitization of social brings real-world trust and social capital online. Today, a decade after the launch of the iPod, consumers are starting to reach the same realization.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

And, even if there is discussion, how often is it tied directly to the pricing process? Integrate the idea of social capital in the monetization approach. You can do this by creating a reputation score that relates directly to customers’ conscious use of the pricing power granted in point 1 above. Reputation.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2013

In the process we learn from these external innovators, extend our network, and engender a lot of goodwill. Think of the resources you have in abundance and how you might "socialize" them to build your organization''s social capital and enrich the flow of ideas. But don''t let that loss of control frighten you.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2018

” Because she performed so well on the project, she gained social capital with her supervisor. It’s not a formal program but it’s part of the review process. That partly had to do with the fact that your clients look like you and it’s easier to build that relationship.”

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Political economist Francis Fukuyama predicted a future when social capital would be as important as physical capital, and that only those societies with a high degree of social trust would be able to create large-scale organizations capable of competing in the new economy. So how does blockchain work?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

In Derek’s view, the subsidiaries already had far too much power. “I don’t need to remind you what happens when we give so much power to the subsidiaries,” Vera said. We have to take back control at the top—not give the subsidiaries more power. But it would take a lot of social capital.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Scotland has the intrinsic qualities of successful small advanced economies: an educated population, social capital, and competitive firms. For the UK, regional integration is a vital part of its ability to project economic and political power. Regions and cities will continue to get additional powers (as in the U.S.)

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Leaders need others' confidence and support and get it when their experience is perceived as relevant and, better yet, when key relationships provide them with social capital. Quite subconsciously, people seek to justify the efforts they have undertaken, and that instigates a process of commitment.

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