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Leading From Who You Are (A Book Excerpt)

Lead Change Blog

The Lead Change Group was incubated by people who wanted to capture the idea of leadership being espoused by a group of leaders in social media and Internet channels in the summer and fall of 2009. Although I might trust my wife to want me to be well, I don’t always take her medical advice and I would never let her operate on me.

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Case Study: Should an Emerging-Market Incubator Help U.S. Businesses?

Harvard Business Review

Once anointed as Unamano Entrepreneurs, or UEs, they would receive abundant free advice from experienced local advisers, be introduced to local and global mentors and service providers, and attend conferences and meet-ups. operations. Miami’s median income was 10 times that of most of the cities where Unamano operated.

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How to Fund Indian Start-Ups

Harvard Business Review

However, if you need capital to validate, you are operating in a zone that will be full of very dark hours. More recently, there is an over active incubator network that has taken hold. The Indian government is offering money for people to set up incubators, which has led to a lot of clueless people setting up incubators.

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The Two Questions to Ask Before You Innovate

Harvard Business Review

What do operating margins have to be? It''s perilously easy for corporate innovators to skate past the why and the how, particularly those working in new-growth groups or incubators. And here they should be pushing to be as precise as possible. What are ultimate revenue targets?

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0511 | Larry Downes: Full Transcript

LDRLB

If you follow his advice, you’re going to wait too long. If it was, maybe you bring them into your incubator, work with them more directly, see if you can turn that into a product or service idea. The managers just don’t have the tool set often to operate. What did they come up with? Was it something interesting?

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Why the Greek Yogurt Craze Should be a Wake-Up Call to Big Food

Harvard Business Review

Consumers are more tightly connected now and are more likely to follow word-of-mouth (or word-of-keystroke) advice than in the past. Another is to put semi-autonomous incubator groups in charge of smaller and softer launches. Food fads develop quickly in today’s marketplace. Shorten your development cycle.

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How to Manage an Insecure Employee

Harvard Business Review

Burris recommends heeding advice from Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck by trying to cultivate a growth mindset whereby colleagues are willing to challenge themselves and grow. Ultimately, though, the goal is for your employee to operate more autonomously, says Burris. ” Give specific feedback.