Leading Blog

JANUARY 28, 2023

Jacob Osborn and Peter Richman put together a list of the top holiday toys in the U.S. Stacker searched for products from 1920 to today that caught hold of the public zeitgeist through novelty, innovation, kitsch, quirk, or simply great timing, and then rocketed to success. through the years over on Stacker. Check it out!

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Osborne Innovation Productivity Products 288

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2012

In articles in both the New York Times and The New Yorker earlier this year, the concept of brainstorming as introduced in the 1940's by Alex Osborn has been attacked as ineffective and linked to the concept of " Groupthink.". Anyone, alone or with other people if they need or want help, can pick any idea and develop it further.

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Groupthink Brainstorming Osborne Consensus 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

It means embracing a new culture and mindset, where hierarchy fades and innovation happens through networks. Osborne from Oxford University calculated that about 47% of American jobs could disappear by 2020 due to digitization. The third step is about developing an organization that will foster digital practices.

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Maturity Drucker Osborne Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2014

Amidst the acrimony, it seems hard to imagine that public leaders could envision and operate such a platform, or that private innovators could work with them more collaboratively on it — but it’s not impossible. Without more public entrepreneurship, it’s hard to imagine meeting our public challenges or making the most of private innovation.

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Entrepreneur Osgood Storytelling Osborne 9