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Peter Skarzynski and David Crosswhite: An interview by Bob Morris, Part Two

First Friday Book Synopsis

He advises large, global organizations on strategy, innovation and organizational change and is recognized as a leading expert in enabling organizational renewal and growth through innovation. Peter Skarzynski is a founder and Managing Partner of ITC Business Group, LLC.

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Peter Skarzynski and David Crosswhite: An interview by Bob Morris, Part One

First Friday Book Synopsis

He advises large, global organizations on strategy, innovation and organizational change and is recognized as a leading expert in enabling organizational renewal and growth through innovation. Peter Skarzynski is a founder and Managing Partner of ITC Business Group, LLC. Bob''s blog entries Apple Brilliant Mistakes C.K.

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Does a Mentor have to Breathe?

In the CEO Afterlife

In the early days of my 40 year business career, I was lucky to work under two gentlemen who instilled several critical success factors that guided me from Brand Manager to CEO. I came up through marketing; quite honestly, during my years in marketing I hadn’t given much thought to HR. A client in need of innovation?

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Frances Hesselbein – Former CEO, Girl Scouts of America and Peter Drucker Foundation. Alan Mulally – Former CEO, Ford and Boeing Commercial Aircraft. CEO Magazine – CEO of the Year. Co-founder of Rose Park Advisors—Disruptive Innovation Fund. A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation.

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Possibility Maximizer: Fast Company's 30 Second MBA

Sales Wolf Blog

  Weekly topics are wide and varied and include just about everything from innovation and communication to leadership and corporate social responsibility.   Weekly topics are wide and varied and include just about everything from innovation and communication to leadership and corporate social responsibility.

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Do Customers Even Care about Your Core Competence?

Harvard Business Review

Prahalad , the guru of “ core competence ,” doing a strategy audit for a huge Indian conglomerate. The company, Prahalad tells the CEO, is simply too complex and diverse. “Actually,” the CEO responded, “we do have a core competence that unites us: we’re very, very good at winning government contracts.”

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Beyond Core Competence

Harvard Business Review

To survive, it has stopped selling film cameras, focusing on the digital ones that dominate the market. Organizations such as IBM and GE have adapted over the years to remain competitive in the market. They have gone through different cycles of disruptive innovations, leaving some businesses, and creating new ones.