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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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The Best Leadership Books of 2019

Leading Blog

The Good Fight : Use Productive Conflict to Get Your Team and Organization Back on Track by Liane Davey (Page Two, 2019) Liane Davey shows you how to create the productive conflict your organization needs to get along and get stuff done. The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek (Portfolo, 2019) Do you know how to play the game you’re in?

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Top 100 Innovation Articles of 2019

Innovation Excellence

Building upon the success of Braden Kelley’s Blogging Innovation, we launched Innovation Excellence on August 1, 2011 and so 2019 was our eighth full year of operations.

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First Look: Leadership Books for January 2019

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in January 2019. Roberto Leaders do not have to conceive innovative ideas, but rather open the path for curious and creative employees within their organization. Creative Construction : The DNA of Sustained Innovation.

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Redefining Success through Radical HR Innovation

HR Digest

With an unwavering commitment to innovation and a trailblazing HR strategy, they have achieved remarkable feats. Boasting a remarkable employee retention rate of over 95% and earning the coveted #1 spot on Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” list in 2018 and 2019, Netflix has shattered industry norms.

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First Look: Leadership Books for July 2019

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in July 2019. In Follow the Feeling, strategy advisor Kai D. It provides readers with the tools they need to design innovative and indelible experiences and to move their organizations into the experience economy.

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Challenging Thought-Terminating Clichés: Strategies for Organizational Change

Mike Cardus

Although these clichés might serve short-term management objectives, they often hinder long-term innovation, suppress employee morale, and foster a culture of compliance over mutual growth. Challenging these clichés requires strategies that recognize their power and actively counteract their suppressive nature.