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The Timeless Strategic Value of Unrealistic Goals

Harvard Business Review

Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad's 1989 HBR article "Strategic Intent" brought about a discontinuous shift in my career — from a professor of accounting to a researcher on strategy and innovation. Hamel and Prahalad have an entirely different point of view. JFK's intent produced many breakthrough technologies.

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Provoking the Future

Harvard Business Review

For my whole career I did it wrong," says co-founder and CEO Lavoie. Lavoie and Marino invented the game six years ago to "make our people feel relevant in a tangible way to the success of the business and tap their amazing intellectual bandwidth far beyond assigned 'job tasks,'" says Lavoie. "We You behave, you stay.'

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What All Great Leaders Have In Common | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Even more impressive is that some of the most successful leaders throughout history were known to read one book every single day. Abraham Lincoln who only had one year of formal education credited his appetite for reading with his success. Did you know that the average American only reads one book a year? Do I have your attention yet?

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