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3 tips for TED speakers (and other talkers)

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but not too much Robert Leslie/TED Conference Say it like yourself Say something important TED FellowsTEDx programs the TED Conference TEDGlobal TED Talks video site three worlds: Technology/ Entertainment/Design To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others Wall Street Journal' It started out in 1984 […].

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Life Strategy and Executive Coaching

Tony Mayo

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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

With the continued rapid development of technology taking the concept of globalization and turning it into hard reality facing businesses of all sizes, it is time for executives and entrepreneurs to examine their current business models from a disruptive perspective. Does anyone on your executive team have a coach or mentor?

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What Business Leaders Need to Know About the Paris Climate Conference

Harvard Business Review

The 195 member countries, or “parties,” hold a Conference of Parties (COP) annually, and this year is the 21st meeting. But, as climate policy expert Aimee Christensen pointed out to me, “the recent momentum going into Paris is primarily driven by the improving economics of action (e.g.,

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The Persistence of the Innovator's Dilemma

Harvard Business Review

In 1995, a young Harvard Business School Professor co-authored an article in Harvard Business Review , "Disruptive Technology: Catching the Wave." Of course, that young HBS professor was Innosight co-founder Clayton Christensen. Yet, the innovator's dilemma persists.

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What So Many Strategists Get Wrong About Digital Disruption

Harvard Business Review

However, some of the most common beliefs about how this will happen, repeated by conference speakers, self-proclaimed gurus, and consultants, have been oversimplified, misunderstood, or misapplied. Many business models that make extensive use of digital technology have network-type properties. Complements are not substitutes.

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Investing in Start-Ups: For Love and Money

Harvard Business Review

This week, over 10,000 entrepreneurs and investors will descend on Austin, TX for SXSW Interactive , hoping to be or to find the next big thing in technology. According to Professor Clayton Christensen's jobs-to-be-done framework, whenever we buy something, we are hiring the product or service to do a job.