Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Beyond alarming questions of what is "fair" to the innovators themselves, few have considered how these human capital controls might impact the quality and quantity of innovation--and ultimately economic growth. In LEAPFROGGING , author Soren Kaplan reveals why this command-and-control mindset is exactly what stymies innovation.

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Mills Scofield

APRIL 27, 2014

You know how much I believe in serendipity & random collisions (a la Saul Kaplan !). “ Innovation is serendipity, so you don''t know what people will make. At the start of the year, Whatsapp had more than 450 million users, all built and supported with a team of just 32 engineers. Meet Samir Rath (bio below).

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 12, 2016

The trust of many in a system that has been the most spectacular generator of innovation in history was damaged by the unbridled greed of a few. At Boeing, Alan Mulally was hired right out of college as an engineer and went on to become its CEO before becoming the chief executive at Ford. Reproduced by permission of AMACOM.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

At his invitation, I went this week to the state's two largest cities, Lexington and Louisville, to talk with local entrepreneurs and community leaders about what it takes to spur more innovation and entrepreneurship in a region. Think about the forms an "Innovation Story Studio" for the community could take. You have to lead.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Enter my co-author, MIT-trained strategist and engineer Juan Carlos Méndez-García, who consults with both start-ups and Fortune 500 companies. Saul Kaplan , Chief Catalyst at Business Innovation Factory, shares: "My life has been about searching for the steep learning curve because that's where I do my best work.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Kaplan and Michael E. To obtain an understanding of the costs, the center is applying a combination of two management tools: process mapping from industrial engineering and activity-based costing from accounting. Follow the Leading Health Care Innovation insight center on Twitter @HBRhealth. Leading Health Care Innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2015

The HBS team has been using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC), an approach initially proposed by one of us (Bob Kaplan) and Michael Porter, to help providers pursue the value-based delivery of care. Every Mayo value-improvement project tests one or more innovations for improving the value of care. Select a project team.

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