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6 Ways to Keep Good Ideas from Dying at Your Company

Harvard Business Review

Spinning up new innovation initiatives is exciting, but changing the environment those new ideas are born into is really difficult. Many companies have figured out how to parcel out small amounts of money to employees cultivating something new. Venture capitalists meet every Monday to review deals in the pipeline.

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How to Revive a Tired Network

Harvard Business Review

Your relationships are also the best way to change with your environment and industry, even if your formal role or assignment has not changed. And in a connected world, build­ing stronger external networks to tap into the best sources of insight into environmental trends is also part and parcel of the leadership role.

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