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A Refresher on Marketing Myopia

Harvard Business Review

The term was coined by the late Harvard Business School marketing professor, Theodore Levitt, in a 1960 article by the same name (republished in 2004). ” As Levitt used to tell his students, “People don’t want a quarter-inch drill. Levitt suggests that leaders ask themselves: What business are we really in?

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11 Books Every Young Leader Must Read

Harvard Business Review

Those interested in leadership might consult the syllabus for David Gergen's leadership course (PDF) at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government or the syllabus his colleague Ron Heifetz uses for his course on adaptive leadership (PDF). Christensen, The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail.

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11 Books Every Young Leader Must Read

Harvard Business Review

Those interested in leadership might consult the syllabus for David Gergen's leadership course (PDF) at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government or the syllabus his colleague Ron Heifetz uses for his course on adaptive leadership (PDF). Christensen, The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail.

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