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New Year. New Leader.

Lead Change Blog

Bill George – He has taught leadership since 2004 and is a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, where. Scott Oldford – He is the founder of Limitless Business Group, a recipient of the 2013 American Express Innovator Award, and is widely respected for his leadership and business innovation acumen.

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Products and Services that Address Deep Rooted Social Problems

Strategy Driven

They prove that the most economically disadvantaged people on the planet create a great market for social entrepreneurs – AND provide a terrific testing ground for innovation and cost control. As of February 28, 2013, the company claims: 13,638,438 “lives empowered”. This can be part of your strategy. 656,952 tons of CO2 offset.

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Building a Culture of Transparency in Health Care

Harvard Business Review

I believe it is impossible to have complete transparency with patients without first developing a strong culture of internal transparency — among all team members, at all levels, on all issues — throughout the health care organization itself. Leaders must lead by example. ” A new paradigm.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

Managing risks therefore requires making investment decisions today for longer-term capacity building and developing adaptive strategies. Coca-Cola, for example, faced a water shortage in India that forced it to shut down one of its plants in 2004. Fostering innovation. billion in mining projects since 2010.

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Take Ownership of Your Actions by Taking Responsibility

Harvard Business Review

According to Ben-Shaher, Branden believed that taking responsibility was the first step to developing a healthy sense of self and that we internalize the idea of taking responsibility when we realize, "no one is coming.". Honda quickly followed up by announcing a new release for 2013, a year ahead of the original plan.

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The Reinvention of NASA

Harvard Business Review

Though many would call that decade NASA’s golden age, we’d argue that NASA’s innovation and influence is even greater today. NASA has moved from being a hierarchical, closed system that develops its technologies internally, to an open network organization that embraces open innovation, agility, and collaboration.

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6 Reasons Platforms Fail

Harvard Business Review

He charged developers for toolkits – inhibiting the very software producers he should have wanted on Apple’s platform. Apple has since figured out this balance, of course, by opening the iOS platforms to app developers. Failure to engage developers. The Platform Economy. Sponsored by Accenture.