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The ‘Old Economy’ Needs a Rocket Man

In the CEO Afterlife

So much has been written about business innovation this past year. Those walking the talk are on Fast Company’s list of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies. Are we to deduce that innovation is the domain of new economy and early-stage life cycle businesses? These innovators love playing rocket man.

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My New Book, Double the Love - Now Available on Amazon!

Management Craft

And not only can you learn the secrets - you can learn how to actually use them - to do more, and, most importantly, to maximize the performance of your team. Dwayne Melancon, Chief Technology Officer, Tripwire, Inc. Believe it: You CAN double the love!” I already found three things I''m planning to try at work on Monday!”

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Answering Your Questions About P&G and Innovation

Harvard Business Review

June's Harvard Business Review features a story by Procter & Gamble Chief Technology Officer Bruce Brown and me on " How P&G Tripled Its Innovation Success Rate." First, some of the ways that P&G reduces risk on individual projects are generally good innovation practices for everyone.

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My New Book, Double the Love - Now Available on Amazon!

Management Craft

And not only can you learn the secrets - you can learn how to actually use them - to do more, and, most importantly, to maximize the performance of your team. Dwayne Melancon, Chief Technology Officer, Tripwire, Inc. Believe it: You CAN double the love!” I already found three things I'm planning to try at work on Monday!”

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How to Harness the Customer Awakening

Harvard Business Review

C-suites and boards are often puzzled, even frozen, over how to communicate with customers in this chaotic and potentially dangerous new environment. And the lessons learned from political uprisings can inform businesses on how to adjust to the new, increasingly transparent world we live in. Here's how: Get your experts out front.

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The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer

Harvard Business Review

In a recent article , I suggested that the role of the CIO needs to shift from Chief Information Officer to a Chief Innovation Officer, due to the massive, rapid, multiple technology-driven transformations that are occurring today.

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Invest in Digital Marketing to Control Your Destiny

Harvard Business Review

As campaigner-in-chief, however, this President is demonstrably without peer. His "Obama for America" fundraising , analytics and "get out the vote" operation was a masterpiece of agile electoral innovation and entrepreneurship. We knew what to do," said Harper Reed, the campaign's Chief Technology Officer. "We