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JANUARY 31, 2017

Here's Why Emotions Are The Secret Sauce Of Innovation by ‏@HessEdward. Seven Attributes of the Most Innovative Cultures by Gordon Redding via @INSEADKnowledge. HBR: Why We Keep Hiring Narcissistic CEOs. The Key Traits that Separate CEOs from other Senior Executives via @ChiefExecGrp Chief Executive magazine.

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EPS Groupthink Gordon Learning-by-Doing 150

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2013

But recent research from the Center for Talent Innovation (PDF) shows that an inherently diverse workforce can be a potent source of innovation, as diverse individuals are better attuned to the unmet needs of consumers or clients like themselves. What does it take to consistently drive growth and innovation? Be more inclusive.

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EPS Diversity Innovation Bottom-up 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2014

Moving up in an organization depends on looking and acting like a leader, on being perceived as having “executive presence” (EP). According to research from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI), EP constitutes 26% of what senior leaders say it takes to get to the next promotion.

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EPS Hypercompetition Diversity Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Our research with members of the global C-suite, and with leading sustainability and innovation experts, has identified seven vectors of breakthrough change. Companies like Unilever are on an open innovation drive, while GSK and Novartis are focusing on access to medicines in poorer markets. Business would change the rules of the game.

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EPS Innovation CEO Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2016

Since every industry changes in time, the key to success is adapting to those changes – hence, strategy is innovation. When Robert Iger, Disney chair and CEO, purchased Pixar for $7.4 So he struck a deal with then CEO Steve Jobs to buy Pixar. This strategy has been, in itself, Disney’s great breakthrough innovation.

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Creativity Franchising Succession Film 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Earlier this year, I asked a CEO of Fortune 100 company how he dealt with analyst pressure. What he said was this: "I don't know any CEO that would want to run a company the way analysts would want us to.". Nobody writes a paean to the search for 9 percent EPS growth. Moreover, pure growth targets are even wackier right now.

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GAAP Short-term P&L EPS 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2014

9, armed with about 1% of Apple’s outstanding stock, the hedge-fund activist published an open letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, urging him to accelerate the company’s stock repurchases by making a tender offer. Apple Economy Innovation' Carl Icahn is at it again. Executives can use them to increase their gains from stock-based pay.

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