Mills Scofield

APRIL 27, 2014

“ Innovation is serendipity, so you don''t know what people will make. At the start of the year, Whatsapp had more than 450 million users, all built and supported with a team of just 32 engineers. SAMIR RATH is a financial technology entrepreneur and angel investor working with technology startups globally from over 20 countries.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Predictions of technological change are often very similar, which perhaps explains why the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) famously found that just 10% of technology predictions made by experts between 1990 and 2007 were accurate. This leads to gradual progress over time rather than rapid changes delivered at once.

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Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Co-opted Board Member Ms Janice Tai also talked about her journey towards becoming a Chartered Manager and how this accreditation has empowered her career advancement in her position at an international non-governmental organisation.

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Mills Scofield

MAY 13, 2012

Perhaps innovators and entrepreneurs aren’t more risk-o-philic, they just define risk differently – not following one’s passion and purpose is a greater risk than financial or reputational security. We can all learn from their transformative innovations. ” Well, someone = us ! Stewardship & Optimism.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Welcome though such services are, given the important role startups play as the engine of economic growth and innovative output, it seems now is the time for governments to get their act together and reform a visa process that is currently denying startups access to the talent they need to grow. ” Supporting startups. ”

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JULY 1, 2013

On its walls you’ll see posters highlighting Chinese entrepreneurs, their dreams and accomplishments. He said that in the years following Kennedy’s articulation of that goal, NASA engineers would periodically hit a major roadblock and declare the goal impossible. The atmosphere crackles with an optimistic, can-do energy.

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Coaching Tip

AUGUST 20, 2014

In its heyday, Eastman Kodak Company was an icon of innovation in photography; a juggernaut in its field. Kodak leadership missed a number of innovative opportunities in the past. Source: Lloyd Shefsky: Invent, Reinvent, Thrive: The Keys to Success for Any Start-Up, Entrepreneur, or Family Business. Innovative Personalities.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 8, 2020

It is a fast growing field and attracts a lot of entrepreneurs and innovators. Earnings vary according to the engineering discipline, but median salaries often approach or exceed six figures. For example, chemical engineers earn a median annual salary of $96,616. Physician Assistants . Percentage of women: 68%.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

While much has been written about corporate vision, mission, process, leadership, strategy, branding and a variety of other business practices, it is the engineering of these practices to be disruptive that maximizes opportunities. So why do so many established and often well managed companies struggle with disruptive innovation?

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

An Overview on the Importance of Change : While there is little debate that the successful implementation of change can create an extreme competitive advantage, it is not well understood that the lack of doing so can send a company (or an individual’s career) into a death spiral. Be careful of high level, pie-in-the-sky projections.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Not only are high profile entrepreneurs banging the drum for the lifestyle, but a vast swathe of accelerators and incubators have emerged to help startups to grow. The data confirms this general trend, with the highly educated scientists and engineers often failing to improve their income after transitioning into self-employment.

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 6, 2021

Resetting and rebalancing life and career is on many people’s minds during a pandemic. Jonas is a speaker, writer, entrepreneur, and the founder of design practice Social Fabric. We are witnessing the most progressive organizations operate as engines for learning. Leadership for Tomorrow. ” -Jonas Altman.

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Guy Harris presents Three Power Phrases to Disarm a Verbal Aggressor posted at Guy Harris: The Recovering Engineer , saying, “How do you respond to coworkers or colleagues when they are verbally aggressive? ” Miki Saxon presents Entrepreneurs: Responses to “What Do You Say?” Here are three phrases that might help.”

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

What if the person capable of hatching that innovation is, today, a middle-school girl in a village in Ecuador? If we could only put the same level of resources into inspiring girls in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) that we do into discovering America's Next Top Model , the chance wouldn't seem so remote.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

Guy Harris presents Three Power Phrases to Disarm a Verbal Aggressor posted at Guy Harris: The Recovering Engineer , saying, "How do you respond to coworkers or colleagues when they are verbally aggressive? Miki Saxon presents Entrepreneurs: Responses to “What Do You Say?” Here are three phrases that might help.".

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2013

Entrepreneurs should be tripping over themselves just to meet with us.". "I adults involved in start-ups hit a record 13% in 2012 , the White House proclaimed that " entrepreneurs are the engine of our economy " [PDF]. Entrepreneurs, we need you. "We are the kingmakers in this industry. As the percentage of U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2014

We know some of you find being an “internal entrepreneur” disappointingly difficult. They are professional Predict, Plan & Execute (“PP&E”) machines, and as they have evolved over time, are carefully engineered to stamp out anything that induces uncertainty. Innovation is the number one topic on CEOs’ minds in various surveys.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

As a result of our conversation, I decided to dust-off an old post, give it a few updates, and pass along my thoughts, which can be best summarized as “ Ideas Don’t Equal Innovation. “ It is my hope to help dispel the myth that ideas are inherently good things.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

This is simply due to the fact that more people want to hear what a high profile CEO or entrepreneur has to say. I’m also not a fan of going to a blog to read third party news, press or the re-blogging of someone else’s information published for no other reason then to boost their search engine rankings. I Think Not.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2017

Many large companies yearn to rekindle the innovative magic of entrepreneurship, but very few actually succeed. The reasons have been well documented and include: Large, established companies answer to investors who value predictable, consistent financial results, and so are intolerant of the risks inherent in bold innovation.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 20, 2024

Successful entrepreneurs tend to have a preference for new experiences and enjoy starting fresh things, which is known as “openness to adventure.” These traits are part of the widely accepted Big Five model of personality, which includes openness to new experiences, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

My friend Eric Patrick Marr , a passionate social entrepreneur, has been working to promote entrepreneurship in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky. 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.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2018

which cries out for breakthrough healthcare delivery innovations that aim at significant cost reductions and wider coverage. Innovation has the power to ratchet down U.S. Innovation has the power to ratchet down U.S. Or so he thought, until one interaction changed the trajectory of his career. In 2016, the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2018

At Amazon, though, median compensation was only $28,446 — evidence not that Jeff Bezos is cheap, but that Amazon’s workforce is fundamentally different from the coders and engineers who populate most high-tech disrupters. The Amazon CEO writes ingeniously about customer service, cloud computing, and the logic of creativity.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Similarly, make sure your OWN site has the best key words for the search engines. Many career-enhancing activities can develop from carefully chosen volunteer-based projects. Connect as many strengths and resources as possible, for innovation lives in fresh combinations. Google your name periodically. Be willing to be scattered.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2011

That McDonald's or Pret a Manger is less open to disruptive innovation than El Bulli? If you believe any, or all, of those things, then you're not a business sophisticate, you're an innovation snob. Be warned: uppity attitudes undermine companies and careers. There's nothing innovative about bleach. How trite and trivial.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Seth Godin’s Blog : The best-selling author, entrepreneur and “agent of change” gives you personal insights on the leadership landscape. Engineering Manager with Adobe Systems). Alexa Rank : 5,678 (HBR) Google Page Rank : 6 (HBR) PostRank Leadership Score : N/A Number of Posts in last 30 days : 0 TwitterGrader Score : 99.3

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2013

Although she was poor in resources, she possessed the innovation mindset shared by many game changers: they see and act on opportunities , use "and" thinking to resolve tough dilemmas and break through compromises, and employ their resourcefulness to power through obstacles. Her daughter is now a teacher and her son an engineer.)

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Many leaders of social enterprises are career-switchers. Take, for example, David del Ser, the former Vodafone software engineer and Columbia MBA who transitioned, mid-career, into the social sector. This is true even after controlling for things like the age of the entrepreneur and the social problem being addressed.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2011

Notwithstanding the considerable career and financial (I am the primary breadwinner) risks involved, it was time to leave my comfortable perch and become an entrepreneur. Or as thought leader Jennifer Sertl writes, "innovation ultimately begins on the inside.". The term "disruptive innovation" has become an industry buzzword.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Apart from their success as entrepreneurs, they all share one distinct characteristic: extensive cross-cultural experience. Huffington grew up in Athens and studied in London before starting her career as a politician and media entrepreneur. immigrants are almost twice as likely to become entrepreneurs as native-born U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2011

As Dick Morley — an MIT manufacturing innovator with deep experience in the auto industry — put it to us, "the trouble with big companies is that they take nice high-risk, high-return opportunities, then manage the risk out of them to the point that there's no return left." Certainly, that's a fair accusation.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

There’s also potential to improve existing jobs by providing lower-skill workers with tools and encouragement, thereby improving customer service, reducing turnover, and promoting innovation and engagement. The second is to develop spaces and programs to incubate entrepreneurs.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2011

The beneficiaries will be small businesses that provide innovative products, services and solutions. Gone were the days where careers were routed through banks and mining companies. Google runs its g-Africa program where it tours Silicon Valley engineers through all the big cities.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2017

One of the great satisfactions of being a leader is that you get to be a teacher, sharing the wisdom you’ve acquired over the course of a career with young colleagues hungry for time-tested advice. He’s unleashed huge innovations and presided over unprecedented growth. The secret of WD-40’s success?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 1, 2014

Fuse Corps does this by matching business professionals and entrepreneurs who have an average of 15 years of experience with an innovative mayor, governor, or community leader in a one-year fellowship to help cities and states implement breakthrough projects. For tech-savvy entrepreneurs, that spells a huge opportunity.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2011

I knew that the new head of engineering and the head of product management had worked through a ton of issues to get to this review meeting prepared. American culture certainly celebrates this idea of challenging the status quo — we tend to think of ourselves as a nation of minutemen , pioneers , and entrepreneurs.

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