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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation. 14th Administrator, United States Agency for International Development. Top-rated Clinical Professor of Management and Strategy, Northwestern Kellogg School of Management. Bill began his career with Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Former President, Amherst College.

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How to Compete Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders

Skip Prichard

Jeff Dyer is the Horace Beesley Distinguished Professor of Strategy at Brigham Young University’s Marriott School and an adjunct professor at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. When Edison developed a commercially viable light bulb, he was able to convince Morgan to advance him $30,000 for the Edison Electric Light Company.

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Motivating Millennials Takes More than Flexible Work Policies

Harvard Business Review

Chamber of Commerce emphasized flex-time as one way to do this — it found that three out of four Millennials reported that work-life balance drives their career choices. Build an entrepreneurial environment that encourages employees to research and develop their ideas. Loosen up the notion of the career ladder.

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When the Grasshopper Teaches the Master | You're Not the Boss of Me

You're Not the Boss of Me

Some of us are totally immersed and intrigued by what can be accomplished in a wireless world, (including all the cool toys that come along with it). Then my life changed when I got Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in early 90′s and I had to leave my burgeoning career and find another way to “be&# instead of “do&#.

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The Innovation Mismatch: "Smart Capital" and Education Innovation

Harvard Business Review

To deliver those returns, developers cater to the largest possible market: large urban and suburban K-12 districts. And as technology changes, district developers don't have the wherewithal to keep up, so the solutions start lagging behind. The school that initially developed the lesson-sharing website loved it.

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Five Ways to Ruin Your Innovation Process

Harvard Business Review

It sends the signal that these are not the projects that people should bet their careers on. Build it into good people's career paths. Never, in my entire career of studying innovation, have I observed a project, initiative, or idea that worked out as planned. So, make it continuous and systematic. Set aside a regular budget.

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Success with the Internet of Things Requires More Than Chasing the Cool Factor

Harvard Business Review

In my experience with dozens of organizations implementing IoT solutions, those that achieved their expected ROI changed their traditional business approaches in one or more of the following ways: They Developed a Partner Ecosystem. They Update Their Talent Management Strategies. The essence of IoT is interconnectivity.