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Fueling Innovation: How Microsoft Finally Got It Right

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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 about a wildly successful company that went off course. You know this company. That’s a myth. Not only was the U.S.

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Managing Company Culture Anthropologically

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Despite its perceived importance, for the most part, companies have a miserable track record when it comes to managing their people. The Culture Dilemma Employee engagement in American companies has hovered around 30 percent for 60 years. B USINESSES are really bad at establishing an engaging culture. But what does this mean?

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First Look: Leadership Books for June 2024

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H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in June 2024 curated just for you. Now, in this timely and riveting new book, Silver investigates “the River,” the community of like-minded people whose mastery of risk allows them to shape—and dominate—so much of modern life. Now, he is sharing it with the world.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2021

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Many of the books listed below help us to do just that. The books listed below help us to build the right foundation from which we can lead others. Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Leaders are dealers in hope. How did you react?

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First Look: Leadership Books for May 2024

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H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in May 2024 curated just for you. Maxwell, tackles the problem of our divided world in his latest book High Road Leadership. Their unique mindset has made them the force behind world-changing companies such as Amazon, Google, Moderna, SpaceX, and Zoom.

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First Look: Leadership Books for April 2024

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H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in April 2024 curated just for you. In the book, she explores the mentorship advice that helped her start a groundbreaking company after studying entrepreneurship and strategic management at MIT and Harvard. It’s time to change that.

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Beyond Disruption: Innovation Doesn’t Have to Be Disruptive

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D ISRUPTION has become synonymous with innovation. With disruptive creation, “the new comes at the expense of the old and its associated companies and jobs, creating a win-lose or winner-takes-most economic outcome. In Beyond Disruption: Innovate and Achieve Growth without Displacing Industries , Blue Ocean Strategy authors W.