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Fueling Innovation: How Microsoft Finally Got It Right

Leading Blog

W E OFTEN THINK of innovation as something visionaries draw out of thin air, like manna from heaven. Here’s an innovation story that’s closer to reality: It’s a story of loss, grit, and renewal. It’s also about a never-too-late approach to innovation that enabled a floundering business to launch a second golden age.

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My Top 10 Leadership Insights For 2014

Tanveer Naseer

Not only did 2014 mark five years that I’ve been writing online for this blog, but this was also the year I finally added “author” to my list of credentials with the release of my first leadership book, “Leadership Vertigo”. moments that precede unique discoveries or innovations.”

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A cobbler’s kid gets some shoes

Lead Change Blog

Everyone was a buzz at last Friday’s pow-wow, busy sharing their 2014 resolutions. Author information Jane Perdue Jane founded Braithwaite Innovation Group, a professional development firm dedicated to redefining power, performance, and connection @ the intersection of the art of leadership & the science of business.

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Net Zero Efforts Are Slowly Paying Off

The Horizons Tracker

Efforts to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions have worked to some extent, but a new study by UCL researchers suggests that we need stricter rules to meet the temperature goals set in the Paris Agreement. per year until 2014, and then dropped even further to 0.8% Between 2000 and 2010, emissions went up by 2.3% ”

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Everything You Need to Know About Oilfield Services

Strategy Driven

As the oilfield service industry recovers from the oil price crash in 2014, producers are demanding more from their service providers. Innovation The industry has seen several innovations recently, including developing horizontal and angled drilling, fracking and hydraulic stimulation.

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Will This Be The Year Leaders Put Employees First?

Tanveer Naseer

As we approach the end of the first month of this new year, many of us are now well under way in implementing our plans and strategies to achieve the goals we’ve mapped out for the next 11 months. Moreover, if the focus of individual companies is sustained, Human Capital may well be the engine that revives economic growth.”

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Step Aside And Watch Others Take The Lead

Lead from Within

We are drivers of innovation. There are brilliant innovators and solitary geniuses. But most of us must allow for innovation and creativity to collaborate, to make it a collective process. Innovation must be about involving others, playing to their strengths, and showcasing their talent. © 2014 Lolly Daskal.