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In 2014, Resolve to Make Your Business Human Again

Harvard Business Review

In 1960, marketing legend Ted Levitt provided perhaps his seminal contribution to the Harvard Business Review : “ Marketing Myopia.” To avoid that, Levitt exhorted leaders to ask themselves the seemingly obvious question – “What business are you really in?” Innovation Leadership Strategy' And short-term numbers at that.

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How Understanding Disruption Helps Strategists

Harvard Business Review

Christensen and two co-authors revisit where disruption theory stands today in a new HBR article, “What Is Disruptive Innovation?” As Ted Levitt pointed out 55 years ago, companies develop significant myopia over time, only seeing things that are squarely in the mainstream of their market. billion versus $2.3

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Healthy Habits Of Successful Leaders – An Expert Roundup

Joseph Lalonde

Michael Levitt, CEO of BreakfastLeadership.com. The healthy habits that I attribute to my success as a leader are practice what I preach, set healthy boundaries, practice mindfulness, exercise, work hard and invest in my ongoing learning and personal development. This has been the biggest contributor to how I operate now.

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World Business Forum – Top 10 Speakers | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Lafley - The former Chairman and CEO of Proctor & Gamble gave a clinic on innovation. I’ve never heard anyone speak so fluently on the topic of innovation. Steve Levitt - Author of Freakanomics and Super Freakanomics , Steve was superb. Just about every statement that passed his lips was quotable.

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