First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

In a recent email update, he asks several intriguing questions: Are there CEOs anywhere in the world who want their companies to become less innovative? Tom Stewart is Booz & Company’s Chief Marketing & Knowledge Officer. Is anyone calling on employees to do a better job of thinking inside the box?

Innovation 114

Innovation Globalization CEO Company 114

Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Innovative high-technology corporations are currently paying employees large bonuses to recruit top talent. The “intellectual capital” brought in by high-knowledge employees will be a major, if not the primary, competitive advantage. The rise in the influence of the knowledge worker. .

Bureaucracy 151

Bureaucracy Intellectual Capital Kotter Telecommunications 151

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JULY 8, 2012

Communication, our ability to learn, share knowledge and innovate has never been greater. I resonated profoundly with the Open Letter by Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, where he talks about the importance of being indivisible. Problems, physical maladies that were death sentences are being turned around. About Irene Becker.

Intellectual Capital 246

Intellectual Capital Learning-by-Doing Emotional Intelligence Skills 246

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2012

As a consequence, five of its CEOs have been non-American-born, including today's CEO, Turkish-born Muhtar Kent. Many global companies have followed Coke's lead by appointing foreign-born CEOs and executives. UK-born George Buckley, CEO of 3M, will be succeeded by Swedish-born Inge Thulin.

Competitive Advantage 13

Competitive Advantage Globalization Development Intellectual Capital 13

Lead Change Blog

JUNE 30, 2016

The “problem” with brilliant innovators, same as Fighter Pilots, is that when they are not given a clear vector on which to act, do not have a shared mental model of what the future and success should look like, they will develop their own path. But they were all running in different directions. Q6: What is your High Definition Destination

Intellectual Capital 173

Intellectual Capital Definition Motivation Objective 173

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Businesses are, on average, far less adaptable, innovative, and inspiring than they could be and, increasingly, must be. When a company misses the future, the fault invariably lies with a small cadre of seasoned executives who failed to write off their depreciating intellectual capital. Strategy gets set at the top.

Bureaucracy 9

Bureaucracy Short-term Long-term Intellectual Capital 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Businesses are, on average, far less adaptable, innovative, and inspiring than they could be and, increasingly, must be. When a company misses the future, the fault invariably lies with a small cadre of seasoned executives who failed to write off their depreciating intellectual capital. Strategy gets set at the top.

Bureaucracy 9

Bureaucracy Short-term Long-term Intellectual Capital 9