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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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A Hands-Off Approach to Open Innovation Doesn’t Work

Harvard Business Review

For many business leaders — 85%, according to a recent Accenture survey — such open innovation is critical to their strategic plans. In particular, large companies want to partner with small firms that have developed advanced, game-changing technologies. Consider the task of scouting for partners.

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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. This emphasis on test extended through every phase of the operation. They're right.

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The Professional: Seven New Rules

Strategy Driven

Consider the chief technology officer of a company who is able to influence standards by being on an industry body – the revenue impact of such a thing can be immense. Why could he not use the assembly line method used by the burger company to maximize the number of operations every surgeon performs?

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How Data Visualization Answered One of Retail’s Most Vexing Questions

Harvard Business Review

The redder the location, the more frequently it was trafficked: For chief technology officer Joe Lezon, the results were both helpful and surprising. ” Lezon, along with Alex and Ani’s head of merchandising and head of sales operations, used the data to inform product placement. .

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