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Are Bosses With Integrity Less Innovative?

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This is underlined by recent research from Kennesaw State University, which shows that bosses with high integrity are less likely to be creative as they tend to adopt a more risk-averse approach. They only analyzed companies where the CEO was hired between 2011 and 2013, and who had also stayed in post until at least 2018.

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Can Performance Pay Encourage Creativity Among Gig Workers?

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That’s good because we want people to have a more competitive spirit and produce better and more creative content.”. Creative output. The researchers analyzed around 10,000 new novels that were launched in China between 2013 and 2015. The post Can Performance Pay Encourage Creativity Among Gig Workers?

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LeadershipNow 140: May 2013 Compilation

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Here are a selection of tweets from May 2013 that you might have missed: Why Managers Haven''t Embraced Complexity by Richard Straub - HBR. Mike Henry Sr: Innovation: a Case for Entitlement (really!). Nine of the Best Ways to Boost Creative Thinking. Leadership Lesson: The Difference Between Google and Apple by @mikemyatt.

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LeadershipNow 140: April 2013 Compilation

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Here are a selection of tweets from April 2013 that you might have missed: Ariens CEO outlines Seven Skills of a Lean Leader. How To Schedule Your Day For Peak Creative Performance by @heyamberrae. Economists know a lot about efficiency but almost nothing about innovation–yet innovation drives growth @mattyglesias.

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Innovation Thrives Despite Piracy

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After all, when people could get your core offering for free, not only would that harm your income but it would discourage the industry from producing content and stifle innovation. Research from the University of Southern California explains why piracy wasn’t the death knell of innovation so many feared. Thriving creativity.

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Best Leadership Books of 2013

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The list below represents my picks for the best leadership books of 2013. * * *. The Myths of Creativity : The Truth About How Innovative Companies and People Generate Great Ideas by David Burkus Creativity is not as divinely-inspired, unpredictable and random a gift as we tend to think it is.

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First Look: Leadership Books for September 2013

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Thinking in New Boxes : A New Paradigm for Business Creativity by Luc de Brabandere and Alan Iny. Beyond the Idea : How to Execute Innovation in Any Organization by Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble. Here''s a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in September.