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3 Ways to Pursue Productive Failure

Nathan Magnuson

Both the soft cover and ebook versions will be available on October 16. Consider this scenario: Your team comes up with an innovative solution to solve a complex problem in a new way. Or cut ties and incur the wrath of the executive sponsors and finance department. But what about quick failures?

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Dinosaurs, Big Consulting Firms and Disruptive Innovation

N2Growth Blog

Christensen calls this “ disruptive innovation ” and gives examples as diverse as the personal computer industry, milkshakes, and steel minimills. WHAT IS A DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION? Earlier examples of disruptive innovations: telephone (disrupted the telegraph). ebooks disrupting the giant book publishing houses.

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Five Minutes - a Key to Successful Time Management

Kevin Eikenberry

I’ll stop at someone’s work station and ask if they have any questions I could answer, let them know I noticed a recent accomplishment, or I may see a new photo and touch base on how their family is doing.

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Innovating the Toyota, and YouTube, Way

Harvard Business Review

As global innovators, however, they share a remarkable core value and best practice: they invest in the innovative capabilities of their suppliers. While lean production has almost nothing to do with video production, the clear message was that genuinely lean enterprise craved innovation that made their suppliers more innovative.

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Interview: Rebel Brown

N2Growth Blog

I’m delivering a series of webinars and training solutions for Defy Gravity, plus a series of eBooks that will drill down into specific focus areas. I’m also creating a broad range of turnkey systems for small business and entrepreneurial endeavors to help them apply the lessons on their own. I Think Not.

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The Right Way to Present Your Business Case

Harvard Business Review

Clearly articulate this need as soon as you begin, because no matter how well researched or innovative your solution, you won’t get support if the need isn’t apparent or convincing. If the finance person frets about keeping expenses under control, discuss expense numbers,” says Sheen. “If Does the firm need a new IT system?

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Investors Punish Amazon for Investing in Disruptive Growth

Harvard Business Review

Listening to Amazon's finance chief Tom Szkutak explain the miss, it was immediately apparent that Amazon's problem was not with the top line. Kindle Fire Tablet — a new market disruption enabled by business model innovation. If you can't do those three things, you need to limit yourself to sustaining innovation.