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Make Habits, Not Rules

Great Leadership By Dan

More than once, I've seen rules and laws in social systems (such as businesses and societies) being compared to mathematical rules and natural laws in physical and chemical systems. And, with a bit of self-organization, this should also result in creativity and innovation. Well, almost. But not quite. Is it because of a rule?

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StrategyDriven Launches Operational Risk Management Resource Forum

Strategy Driven

StrategyDriven is proud to announce the launch of a risk management resource forum; providing innovative thought leadership and collaboration opportunities to help leaders effectively address their most pressing operational risks. These documents can be accessed by clicking here.

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You Can’t Collaborate Unless You Agree on the Problem

Harvard Business Review

To design and develop new products, it’s not uncommon today to get your research and engineering folks to collaborate with customers and other external stakeholders. In effect, you give these people the right to participate in your innovation process and influence its final outcome. Collaboration Innovation'

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There’s No Good Alternative to Investing in R&D

Harvard Business Review

Sarah Williamson is the CEO of FCLTGlobal (formerly Focusing Capital on the Long Term), an organization cofounded in 2016 by BlackRock, CPPIB, Dow Chemical, McKinsey, and Tata Sons to encourage a longer-term focus in business and investment decision making. Small Firms Are Not More Innovative.

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Bots Won’t Just Help Us Buy Stuff. They’ll Help Us Become Better Versions of Ourselves

Harvard Business Review

” The more creatively, comprehensively, and innovatively these selves can be digitized, the greater the opportunity to help workers develop and deploy the optimal traits and qualities they desire. Provide metadata, APIs / SDKs , and documentation enabling multiple teams of multiple selves to productively collaborate.

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Why Consumer Tech Is So Irritatingly Incremental

Harvard Business Review

after chemicals). In much of the 20 th century, technological innovation produced products that had plenty of room for improvement, opening up opportunities for high-end disruption. Digital photography is far more convenient than developing film. To produce radials, the U.S. Gas lamps gave way to incandescent lamps.

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A Refresher on Discovery-Driven Planning

Harvard Business Review

I talked with Rita McGrath, a professor at Columbia Business School, who together with Ian MacMillan, of the University of Pennsylvania’s business school, developed this classic methodology for planning innovation. It’s a technique that any manager can use when developing and launching a new venture.