LDRLB

APRIL 23, 2012

This is a guest post form Soren Kaplan. Soren is the Managing Principal of InnovationPoint, an Adjunct Professor within the Imagineering Academy at NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences in The Netherlands and the author of the new book Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs.

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LDRLB

APRIL 23, 2012

This is a guest post form Soren Kaplan. Soren is the Managing Principal of InnovationPoint, an Adjunct Professor within the Imagineering Academy at NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences in The Netherlands and the author of the new book Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2011

One epiphany from my immersion into the non-private sector is how strenuously social sector organizations resist the notion they have a "business model." Non-profits, government agencies, social enterprises, schools, and NGOs consistently proclaim that they aren't businesses, and therefore business rules don't apply.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

If the erosion of a market requires a new business model, that’s change management. New products developed? For example, Gary Kaplan, president of XL Catlin’s North American Construction insurance, got his division started by formulating some major strategic goals. Costs reduced? Productivity improved?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Words matter — in business and in life. One business-school professor actually wrote a book called, Everything I Know about Business I Learned from the Grateful Dead.). So here’s my challenge as we approach the New Year: Why don’t we ban the word “innovation” from the business lexicon for 2014?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Lexington Mayor Jim Gray and Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer are both first-time office holders coming to public service directly from successful private sector business careers. Both new mayors ran and won on economic development platforms. Saul Kaplan is the Founder and Chief Catalyst of the Business Innovation Factory (BIF).

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LDRLB

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Creating game changers – whether products, services, or new business models – requires leaders to live with uncertainty, embrace ambiguity, and respond to both good and bad surprises along the way. During OpenTable’s early days, the online restaurant reservation service received a big blow to its business model.

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