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The Best Leadership Books of 2016

Leading Blog

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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How I Brought Ashley Stewart Back from Bankruptcy

Harvard Business Review

In 2013, Ashley Stewart was on the brink of bankruptcy — its second in a little over three years. Decades of operating losses and rampant turnover in both the employee base and ownership group had cemented a fearful culture. To give her a chance, I resigned from the board to become CEO in August 2013.

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What Happened When Linkin Park Asked Harvard for Help with Its Business Model

Harvard Business Review

They’re extending their brand into areas like technology, gaming, fashion, and lifestyle content — essentially becoming entertainment platforms. Here at Machine Shop , the wholly owned innovation company of the alternative rock band Linkin Park, we identified the need to think differently years ago. Photo by Lorenzo Errico.

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Design Can Drive Exceptional Returns for Shareholders

Harvard Business Review

The index was constructed in the same fashion as other indexes that seek to isolate an industry sector (banking, biotech), geography (China), or size (large cap), for example. In Interbrand’s 2013 list of the World’s most valuable brands , Nike ranks 24 th , two slots up from the prior year and a 13% increase in value to $17.085 billion.

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5 Bad Reasons to Start a For-Profit Social Enterprise

Harvard Business Review

According to a recent JPMorgan/GIIN report , impact investors invested nearly $11 billion across 4,900 deals in 2013, up 250% from 2011. In the 2013 class of Echoing Green Fellows , five of the 12 nonprofits earn revenue, and five of the seven for-profit companies have received donations. social entrepreneurs now have more options.

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The Mistakes Behind Healthcare.gov Are Probably Lurking in Your Company, Too

Harvard Business Review

The two major players didn’t share priorities: CMS prioritized the October 1 st deadline above operability. The CMS monthly status reports leading up to October 1 (especially the report for August, 2013 ) reveal increasingly desperate language and blame shifting. Celebrate intelligent failures as a source of innovation.

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The Mainstreaming of Augmented Reality: A Brief History

Harvard Business Review

But it also has implications for areas outside of entertainment, such as marketing, fashion, tourism, and retail, where commercial AR apps have already been increasing in numbers and popularity. Pokémon Go hits all of these targets , and it offers useful direction for designing future AR games. Phase 3: A broader range of uses.

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