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2012 Best Books on Leadership, Innovation and Strategy

LDRLB

It’s the season for lists and as 2012 begins to wind down, we thought we’d review what we’ve read this year and put together a list of our own. If you haven’t there’s still time left in 2012 to dig into these great books. Innovation. Leapfrogging is a powerful book in how surprise powers innovative breakthroughs.

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Invaluable perspectives on the brainstorming process

First Friday Book Synopsis

Alex Osborn (1888-1966) was founding partner of one of the most highly regarded advertising agencies, BBDO, and is credited with introducing the brainstorming process in his book, Applied Imagination: Principles and Procedures of Creative Problem-Solving, published in 1957. He recommended four “rules”: o Generate […].

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The May, 2012 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

When your personal readiness and the coaching process are aligned, your goals can be reached. In this post, the author discusses problems with the my way or the highway mentality and introduces ways for leaders to avoid stifling creativity and innovation in those they lead. Is that such a bad thing? That's it for this month's edition!

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Innovation High-Five

Mills Scofield

By Tim Kippley: Jeff Bezos, one of the planet’s greatest innovators, once said that: “You need a culture that high-fives small and innovative ideas and senior executives [that] encourage ideas.” ” The Value of Innovation at Geneca. I have long felt that companies can’t survive without innovating.

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Management Improvement Carnival: 2012 Edition

QAspire

This time around, I will point you to 5 best posts and snippets written by Seth in 2012: Who Cares? : “ Caring, it turns out, is a competitive advantage , and one that takes effort, not money.”. I reviewed Seth’s blog last year as well apart from doing “one-question interview and review” for his books “ Linchpin ” and “ Poke the Box ”.

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5 Insights to Managing Chaordic Tension

Leading Blog

One of the assessment tools we use a great deal is the Basadur Innovation Profile. This instrument measures one’s preferences for engaging the innovation process. Here’s the thing: Ventures that grow and maintain success will develop some level of professionalism by creating systems and processes that create some order.

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Winners Are Born In Difficult Times

Tanveer Naseer

And it is managers’ ability to innovate, collaborate and adapt to a constantly changing environment that are the leadership skills we most need to develop. Like most large organizations, one of their biggest challenges was creating and innovative and entrepreneurial culture. In this brave new world, the only constant is change.