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Talking with Each Other @ Work

Coaching Tip

For example, Amazon , a company with about $75 billion in annual revenue and a $140 billion market value, relies on metrics like continually rooting out inefficiencies and, with a few well-known peculiarities like "desks with repurposed doors," underights cost effectiveness and abhors “social cohesion." Leadership in a Gladiator Culture.

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The Five Characteristics of Successful Innovators

Harvard Business Review

There is not much agreement about what makes an idea innovative, and what makes an innovative idea valuable. Likewise, experts disagree on the type and level of innovation that is most beneficial for organizations. Likewise, experts disagree on the type and level of innovation that is most beneficial for organizations.

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Act Like an Entrepreneur Inside Your Organization

Harvard Business Review

We often find ourselves engaged with members of large organizations on questions of how to be more innovative and entrepreneurial. And like entrepreneurs, these entrepreneurs inside face a substantial set of risks—even though organizations are calling for more creativity, more innovation, and more entrepreneurial behavior from employees.