Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 21, 2013

Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek, December 19, 2013. It’s hard to believe that at the end of 2013 we still see more than a few all-male corporate boards and leadership teams.” Diverse business leadership and governance are correlated with stronger business performance, employee engagement, and innovation. said Ilene H.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 10, 2013

Ten Types of Innovation: The Discipline of Building Breakthroughs Larry Keeley with Ryan Pikkel, Brian Quinn, and Helen Walters John Wiley & Sons (2013) “Vision without execution is hallucination.” ” Larry Keeley wrote this book with […]. .” ” Larry Keeley wrote this book with […].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 31, 2013

Getting Innovation Right: How Leaders Leverage Inflection Points to Drive Success Seth Kahan Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2013) “There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.”

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2016

In this uncertain environment, including the mounting global economic concerns, a humble mindset will be the only thing that will unlock the most promising business, social and economic innovations. Anyone can innovate if given the opportunity and the support. He provides practical tools to “unleash” the hidden creativity in all of us.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 16, 2019

The analytics-driven tactics used by Oakland Athletics’ manager Billy Beane not only inspired the best-selling book and film Moneyball, but also a wave of imitators seeking to tap into the secret sauce that allowed Beane to over-achieve with the unfancied baseball team he was in charge of. ” Management innovation.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 18, 2013

The Innovation Expedition: A Visual Toolkit to Start Innovation Gijs van Wulfen provides BIS Publishers (2013) Just about everything you need to know about how to establish and then sustain an innovation culture By the time I began to read this book, I was already convinced that the innovation process is a journey of discovery […].

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HR Digest

AUGUST 2, 2020

We bring you a list of books that women entrepreneurs must read to find the right balance between leadership and ownership of self. The books draw on self experiences, tackle stereotypes, fly in the face of patriarchy, give sensitive and empathetic advice, and an ability to see the lighter side of their struggles. by Ryan Holiday.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 11, 2013

Innovation as Usual: How to Help Your People Bring Great Ideas to Life Paddy Miller and Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg Harvard Business Review Press (2013) How and why the healthiest organizations are those in which pursuit of improvement is constant, tenacious, and collaborative.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 6, 2013

Unrelenting Innovation: How to Build a Culture for Market Dominance Gerard J.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 2, 2013

{On April 5, 2013, we will celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the First Friday Book Synopsis, and begin our 16th year. During March, I will post 30 posts, hopefully a blog post per day, remembering key insights from some of the books I have presented over the 15 years of the First Friday Book Synopsis. [.].

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Mills Scofield

MARCH 19, 2013

Her recent gig has been taking what is commonly regarded as The go to site for the practice of innovation, Innovation Excellence , to the next level. We’re running a content-driven permanent campaign for innovation. We’re running a content-driven permanent campaign for innovation. One that can be taught.

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 1, 2014

From blue ocean strategy to Michael Porter’s five forces, Vijay Govindarajan’s reverse innovation to Richard D’Aveni’s hypercompetition, great thinkers and their ideas directly effect how companies are run and how business people think about and practice business. Think of Peter Drucker who topped the first Thinkers50 ranking in 2001.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 1, 2013

Welcome to the April 1st, 2013 Leadership Development Carnival! presents Big-Bang in Practice: Antifragility, Innovation and Leadership. Advice on listening from Greg Blencoe's book, The Supermanager”. I’ve never been a fan of practical jokes, so April fool’s Day is one of my least favorite days of the year.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 8, 2013

{On April 5, 2013, we will celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the First Friday Book Synopsis, and begin our 16th year. During March, I will post a blog post per day remembering key insights from some of the books I have presented over the 15 years of the First Friday Book Synopsis. We have met [.].

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Engaging Leader

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

The new book Gamification in Human Resources highlights several dozen examples of how organizations are using gamification throughout the employee life cycle to recruit, develop and evaluate talent – and it gives you the tools necessary to begin or expand your own gamification programs.

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LDRLB

JULY 29, 2013

My upcoming book The Myths of Creativity is set for release on October 14. To promote the release, I’m putting together an extended book tour. Here’s How It Works: The goal of these talks will be to promote the book (obviously). Preference will be given to large, book buying audiences or venues willing to bulk order the book.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 3, 2013

This post was first published 1/1/2013 on SmartBlog on Leadership: Having trouble coming up with a good leadership New Year’s resolution? For 2013, I’m going to: 1. Be more innovative. I’ll take a course and/or read a book on what it takes to be an innovative leader, and pick 2-3 things to implement and practice.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 27, 2013

I have just read Tom Kelley and David Kelley’s book, Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All, that will soon be published by Crown Business (October 2013).With It […]. Bob''s blog entries IDEO partner Chris Fink Jonathan Littman Stanford University''s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design ("d.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Innovation Capital. And one of the most overlooked reasons for entrepreneurial failure is innovation capital. That’s why I enjoyed talking with Jeff Dyer who, along with Nathan Furr and Curtis Lefrandt, wrote a new book, Innovation Capital: How to Compete and Win Like the World’s Innovative Leaders. Indra Nooyi.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Out Think: How Innovative Leaders Drive Exceptional Outcomes G. Bob''s blog entries "By all means let''s be open-minded [comma] but not so open-minded that our brains drop out" "marketquake" "Yesterday''s dangerous idea is today''s orthodoxy and tomorrow''s cliché G.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Beyond the Idea: How to Execute Innovation in Any Organization Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble St. Martin’s Press (2013) “Vision without execution is hallucination.”

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First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Beyond the Idea: How to Execute Innovation in Any Organization Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble St. Martin’s Press (2013) “Vision without execution is hallucination.”

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First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All Tom Kelley and David Kelley Crown Business/Random House (2013) How almost anyone can develop a creative, human-centered mindset and help achieve breakthrough innovations I have read Tom Kelley’s books and am well aware of David Kelley’s leadership of IDEO and the Hasso (..)

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First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

In Tom Kelley and David Kelley’s book, Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All (to be published by Crown Business, October 2013), they offer some excellent advice on the “care and feeding of an innovation team.”

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 4, 2013

His book The Innovators Dilemma has impacted the business world perhaps more than any other book in recent history. I found two recent articles about Clayton Christensen that have increased my understanding about leadership: The first is published in the BYU Magazine’s Spring 2013 edition. (As

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First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

The Necessity of Strangers: The Intriguing Truth About Insight, Innovation, and Success Alan S. Gregerman Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Brand (2013) How and why it is imperative to engage, learn from, and collaborate with strangers As I began to read this book, I was again reminded of how deceptively complicated the word “stranger” is.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 23, 2013

The Nature of the Future: Dispatches from the Socialstructed World Marina Gorbis Free Press/A Division of Simon & Schuster (2013) How and why “we are infusing more and more of our economic transactions with social connectedness” Why did Marina Gorbis write this book?

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First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Looptail: How One Company Changed the World by Reinventing Business Bruce Poon Tip BusinessPlus (2013) How and why core values and shared purpose can help any social enterprise to achieve sustainable profitability The most popular career advice includes the suggestion to do what you love and love what you do because what you love to […].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Creative Conspiracy: The New Rules of Breakthrough Collaboration Leigh Thompson Harvard Business Review Press (2013) How and why focused, individual work can achieve innovation breakthroughs when combined with structured team interaction However different they may be in many respects, all of the healthiest organizations (most highly admired, best to (..)

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First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Bob''s blog entries Accountability versus Ownership “Be yourself [period] Everyone else is taken” Bibliomotion CIO Career Path Corporate Board Cost versus Innovation David C.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 10, 2022

Research from Harvard Business School highlights how motivational it is for book authors when they’re offered a guaranteed cut of any sales of their book. The researchers analyzed around 10,000 new novels that were launched in China between 2013 and 2015. Creative output. Mixed incentives.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Kill the Company: End the Status Quo, Start an Innovation Revolution Lisa Bodell Bibliomotion (2013) How to envision the future you want to create, make the necessary connections, and meanwhile engage in assumption reversal Obviously, it would be idiotic to kill an entire company or eliminate all of its status quo.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 19, 2013

The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet Ramez Naam University Press of New England (2013) How and why “the infinite power of ideas” can help the human race to manage finite natural resources I agree with Ramez Naam that “the choices societies make affect their rate of innovation.”

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Persuasive Powerhouse

MAY 29, 2013

Take a look at the new book by this author, Quiet Influence: The Introvert’s Guide to Making a Difference (Berrett-Koehler, April 2013); I find myself pumping my fist and saying “yes!” These scientists and engineers develop innovative products and breakthrough ideas. The atmosphere was so calm. AT&T Inc.,

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Engaging Leader

OCTOBER 1, 2013

He has been Senior Innovation Strategist and Global Head of the Gamification Initiative at SAP Labs in Palo Alto, California for the past 14 years. Mario also leads the Austrian Innovation Center […]. Mario also leads the Austrian Innovation Center Silicon Valley (AICSV), which he co-founded in 2013.

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Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

What is your image of an inventor or innovator? Increasing evidence shows most innovation comes from two or more people…one of whom might even be a woman! We stereotype innovators as men and mainly in STEM* products. Fast-forward ~ Innovating Women launches today! Get Innovating Women. A man alone in a lab?

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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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