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Fueling Innovation: How Microsoft Finally Got It Right

Leading Blog

Its market cap is over $2 trillion. Even more alarming, almost every new business it launched failed: e-books, mobile phones, search engines, music; it was one dramatic dud after another. In 2014, when the company’s market capitalization was $380 billion, this Microsoft veteran took over as CEO. You know this company.

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Are SMEs The Overlooked Engines Of Innovation?

The Horizons Tracker

Indeed, the European Commission regards them as the engine of the European economy. Despite that, they identified 17% of SMEs who were either incremental innovators or leading innovators, meaning that they were investing in R&D and introducing new products and services to their market. first appeared on The Horizons Tracker.

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First Look: Leadership Books for December 2019

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in December 2019. The Innovator's Book : Rules for Rebels, Mavericks and Innovators (Concise Advice) by Dr Max Mckeown. The intent of this book—the author's goal for you—is to understand the baseless underpinnings of almost all our fears.

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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. Wright answers a critical question plaguing entrepreneurs, brand strategists, marketers, and leaders: how do you grow your brand in a noisy world? Don't miss out on other great new and future releases. In Follow the Feeling, strategy advisor Kai D.

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The Small Voice in the Room

Leading Blog

a fairly notorious email encryption company both provoking concerns from the NSA but also putting privacy on the map as “the marketing gorilla of the Internet.” During the testing process with the larger partner, one of the startup engineers was heard to say “They should be mad. Unfortunately. Repeatedly. That card is junk!”

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How to Develop a Radical Product Thinking Mindset

Skip Prichard

Radhika Dutt presents a different approach in her book Radical Product Thinking. We’ve learned to build products and scale our companies by testing things in the market, seeing what works, and iterating. When I had founded a company, the marketing advice I often heard was, “Just try a lot of things and see what works.”

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How to Make Leadership Development a Grassroots Movement

Great Leadership By Dan

In our forthcoming book, “ The Star Factor : Discover What Your TopPerformers Do Differently--and Inspire a New Level of Greatness in All" we show how the star performers in an organization can serve as the basis of grassroots change throughout an entire company. Top-Down or Bottom-Up? Set the bar.