The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 26, 2023

It is about establishing leaders and individual contributors who make it their purpose to step up, propose new ideas and implement transformations to make your organization strategically agile. Organizations often face disruption, and to be nimble during disruption means embracing change and leading your company through challenging times.

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Tips Organization Supply Chain Agility 52

Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

This is a future that will be ripe for innovation of all kinds—for good and for evil. This book will give practical advice for how leaders can make the future a better place. I will propose five new leadership literacies, but I ask that you open yourself to other new literacies that go beyond what I am suggesting.

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Leadership Open-book McKinsey Workshop 190

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 30, 2023

After training with over 60,000 DonorsChoose projects spanning the years 2009 to 2017, the algorithm pinpointed the sentences within the project proposals that played a pivotal role in determining the outcome – whether they secured funding or not.

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How To Storytelling Diversity Guidelines 93

Skip Prichard

JULY 26, 2021

What are the most innovative companies doing to position themselves? While they are focused on optimization, their shareholders continue to demand that they pay out greater dividends or engage in larger share buy backs instead of investing their profits for future innovation. What advice do you have for policymakers?

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Disintermediation Cost-Benefit Analysis Short-term Long-term 130

LDRLB

DECEMBER 31, 2012

When I first started my career, one of my early mentors gave me a small piece of advice: get a job in sales. I wasn’t interesting in selling as a profession, or even that interested in the industry I would eventually be a sales representative in, but his advice proved worthwhile. You should too.]. That knowledge has been priceless.

Trends 152

Trends Review Proposal Advice 152

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Imagine you were choosing between two investment proposals. Yet, we decided to invest our own money into the first proposal, and advised a senior executive team to not invest their money in the second. The proposal dramatically underestimated how unique the value proposition was compared with offerings from start-ups.

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Proposal Innovation Word of Mouth Marketing Entrepreneur 8

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

MIT Technology Review The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s magazine of innovation promotes “the understanding of emerging technologies and their impact on business and society.&# Inc.com Inc. magazine’s offering of information, products, services, and online tools for business or management.

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Directory Magazine Blog Brand 167

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 21, 2020

” Therefore, the researchers proposed that CSA will have a negative effect on the financial performance of the firm. Second, CSA signals a shift in a firm’s strategic commitments. Firms focusing more on sociopolitical issues may divert resources (money, time, attention) from other more profit-oriented activities.”

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Short-term Long-term Uncertainty Politics 79

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

Sam Walsh: Upon retiring, I took the advice from a former CEO of Rio, Leigh Clifford, and indicated to all and sundry that I was “holding my dance card empty for a while”. Sam Walsh: At Rio Tinto, we had an innovation programme called “Mine of the Future”. Rio Tinto provided that opportunity. Sam Walsh: Continue to reinvent yourselves.

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Gordon Restructuring Leadership CEO 150

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 19, 2014

As a 21 year-old mathematician studying metrics, dynamic systems, involved in STEAM and a major Lego lover, his advice is first-hand, based on recent experience and worthy of experimentation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. I propose a three-pronged approach to tackle this at the K-8 teaching level. But we have to start somewhere.

Education 132

Education Metrics Creativity Learning-by-Doing 132

Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

In it he proposes that “what’s important to you&# is the most powerful question of all (read it, it is less than 300 words – and the comments are awesome too). While I’m not not great at “give me your top five&# of anything (movies, CD’s I’d put on my iPod, books, etc.),

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Blog Mentor Workshop Proposal 183

Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

CMI’s director of policy and external affairs Anthony Painter argues in an op-ed for Wonkhe , the Government’s proposed measures do not go far enough to address the UK’s “chronic skills deficit.” CMI’s proposal has already been picked up in the media and some key influencers.

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Policies Article Skills Learning-by-Doing 121

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 3, 2013

One of the first pieces of advice I got when I began writing holds true: Tell them, with some degree of precision, what you are going to tell them — from the start. Innovation Managing up' These gatekeepers are bombarded by information, and in many cases have very short attention spans.

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Proposal Venture Capitalist Innovation Entrepreneur 8

Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 22, 2019

Your proposal. The idea you are proposing is not good – or it has some flaws. How can I communicate the importance of whatever I’m proposing, without devaluing them or their opinions? Great advice. I’ve learned I’m not always the one to propose something to an audience. Your product.

Proposal 40

Proposal Audience Learning-by-Doing Insurance 40

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Therefore the following tips were designed to help you get the most out of your reading while maintaining efficiency in your reading efforts: Books : My first piece of advice is that if you don’t own a Kindle or other e-reader, go get one. Here's my advice – if Oakes is reading these books, then so should you be as well.

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Blog Open-book Library Learning-by-Doing 419

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

If you cannot turn an idea into innovation, if you can’t put thought into practice, it’s not a game changer. Incremental improvements are good business, while disruptive innovation is great business – a game changer. Disruptive innovation is the game changer that shatters the status quo. Focus on value creation.

Blog 379

Blog Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 379

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In California alone, Uber and Lyft spent nearly $30 million each fighting the proposed legislation. A high majority of self-employed workers are going about their jobs without either the protection – health care, sick pay, pension schemes, and other benefits – or the financial and legal advice they ought to have as a bare minimum.

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Insurance Health Care Globalization Proposal 62

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2013

Specifically, we find that companies fail to realize the full innovative potential of women in their midst because leadership either doesn''t know how to elicit their insights or lacks the perspective necessary to endorse their ideas. So Nambiar proposed that two down-at-the-heels branches in Kolkata and New Delhi undergo a complete overhaul.

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Innovation Banking Proposal Diversity 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2013

It is a profound irony that the more you know about a particular industry, and the more experience you gain in it, the more difficult it can be to move it forward with truly meaningful innovation. This is part of why open innovation is so powerful. More fundamentally, this was a protein stabilization challenge.

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Innovation Proposal Quality Engineering 11

Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

In response to the accelerating disruption and change of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, a chorus of advice to leaders is urging them to make their organizations more nimble, adaptable, flex­ible, dynamic and, yes, agile. Propose a novel idea to your colleagues or the team members you lead. Take a smart risk.

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Agility How To Decentralization Morale 87

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2013

If you''ve got a genuinely creative idea — or even a " me, too with a twist " — Kickstarter''s "crowd funding" platform offers a genuinely innovative way to finance creativity and innovation. Why aren''t leaders tapping the crowdfunding capabilities of their own innovation ecosystems to stimulate their people and ideas?

Innovation 8

Innovation P&L Company Creativity 8

Ron Edmondson

APRIL 7, 2016

Your proposal. The idea you are proposing is not good – or it has some flaws. How can I communicate the importance of whatever I’m proposing, without devaluing them or their opinions? Great advice. I’ve learned I’m not always the one to propose something to an audience. Your product.

Proposal 30

Proposal Audience Learning-by-Doing Insurance 30

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 23, 2010

In addition to the negative impact on decision-making, diminished communications from the lack of connection reduces the marketplace of ideas inside the organization, which in turn reduces innovation. Admiral Clark’s description of who sailors are as members of the U.S. Instead, he increased the training budget. why is everyone smiling?

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Long-term Consensus Class Follow-up 207

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo have proven adept at channeling funding – millions of dollars in cases like the Pebble watch – to innovative new products and projects, often by previously unknown inventors and designers. Can larger companies employ the same type of system to find and fund internal innovation?

Company 9

Company Proposal Budgeting Project 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

They remain a wonderful insight into the mind of a man who ruled history's most revered empire at the age of 40 and provide remarkably practical advice for everyday life. Richard Tedlow, Giants of Enterprise: Seven Business Innovators and the Empires They Built. This is the translation I've found most accessible.

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Books Cialdini Christensen Collins 22

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2012

You probably think that the barriers to innovation are negative elements of your organization — that is, the wrong people, behaviors, and processes. But the most subtle and pernicious barriers to innovation may be the seemingly positive myths about what has made your organization successful. The Biggest Obstacle to Innovation?

Proposal 11

Proposal Innovation Industry Objective 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2012

The basic idea is simple: Instead of limiting in advance the amount of risk individuals are allowed to take, whether that is done formally or informally, anyone is allowed to propose any risk to the risk manager. If the risk is approved after an independent review by the risk department, the proposer has permission to fail.

Risk Management 12

Risk Management Proposal Committee Exit Strategy 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

They remain a wonderful insight into the mind of a man who ruled history's most revered empire at the age of 40 and provide remarkably practical advice for everyday life. Richard Tedlow, Giants of Enterprise: Seven Business Innovators and the Empires They Built. This is the translation I've found most accessible.

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Books Cialdini Christensen Collins 17

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2017

Physicians, nurses, and others who work on the front lines of patient care are an important potential source for innovations that could improve patients’ health and reduce the cost of care. Boston Children’s Hospital designed an innovation accelerator to overcome these hurdles. Insight Center. Sponsored by Optum.

Health Care 9

Health Care Company Innovation Entrepreneur 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2016

Research we conducted at the Center for Talent Innovation reveals a remarkable correlation between inclusive leadership, innovative output, and market growth. At Standard Chartered, for example, the insights of one Indian female banker translated into innovation that boosted net sales at two branches by 127% and 75% within two years.

Diversity 8

Diversity Globalization Case Study Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

Gimmy’s task was clear but highly demanding: to reimagine the way BMW innovates. To fill the void and build such a new BMW startup unit, Gimmy partnered with an experienced innovation manager from BMW, Matthias Meyer. Gregor and BMW faced a crucial question: “How can the BMW Group, as a company, co-innovate with startups?”

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Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2017

The digital sector is one of the most dynamic and innovative elements of the economies of the UK and the EU – and of countries anywhere; in the UK alone it accounts for 16% of domestic output, 10% of employment, and 24% of exports. Innovation. Can the results of innovation be seen in society? Innovation Reach.

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Bureaucracy Comparison Innovation Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

The product manager, who had come up with what he thought was an airtight, iron-clad, compelling and irrefutable business case for launching a fairly clever innovation, completely failed to persuade the impassive CMO. No one should go into an innovation pitch without real information and insight into "What would it take to change your mind?".

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Due Diligence Innovation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2017

A new study from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI) found that, according to the 2015 US government’s definition of disability , a significant portion of the white-collar workforce has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity: 30% of a nationally representative survey of 3,570 white-collar employees.

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Compliance Chief Operating Officer Innovation Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

The partner confidentially approached the software CEO for advice on how they developed and trained their own staff over the years. He then successfully proposed that the client hire his firm instead, on a test-basis. But how often is this qualitative feedback seen as a sturdy platform for innovation and growth?

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Entrepreneur Strategy Telecommunications Software 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2018

That means digital dashboards won’t merely measure and monitor marketing KPIs, but will offer data-driven suggestions, options, and advice, as well. The recommender proposed testing whether including purchase photos with delivery notifications would lead to better ratings. (It The science of storytelling and brand performance.

Engineering 8

Engineering Marketing Advertising Brand Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2014

Where marketing is more in charge, R&D’s complaints tend to be about a lack of imagination, of too many incremental innovations. Our advice for senior corporate leaders: Beware of giving R&D too much power. They’ve studied the role of strategic innovation in corporate performance. Joseph’s University.

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Marketing Power Short-term Long-term 8