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If You're Not Pissing Someone Off, You're Probably Not Innovating

Harvard Business Review

As the editor of the journal Innovations , I'm asked with some regularity, "So, what is innovation anyhow? But one thing is for sure: If you're not pissing someone off, it's probably not innovation.". But one thing is for sure: If you're not pissing someone off, it's probably not innovation.". How would you."?

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What Inexperienced Leaders Get Wrong (Hint: Management)

Harvard Business Review

Not just those under attack for ethical lapses, accounting problems, or excessive compensation – retired college presidents are the latest to join corporate executives in the latter category. The leaders range from entrepreneurs with great ideas but a flaw preventing expansion (Tesla?)

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Corporate Entrepreneurship: Turn Irony into Opportunity

In the CEO Afterlife

Your students would be better served by a high-tech entrepreneur half my age,” I told him. They’ve already heard from entrepreneurs,” he said. “I Their competitive edge eroded because the people at the top, who considered themselves the corporate brain, failed to adapt or innovate. Beware the entrepreneur.