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JANUARY 31, 2017

Here's Why Emotions Are The Secret Sauce Of Innovation by ‏@HessEdward. Do You Lead Positive? Seven Attributes of the Most Innovative Cultures by Gordon Redding via @INSEADKnowledge. 2 Self-Leadership Hacks for Positivity by @AlanDUtley. The Impoverishment of Attention by Shane Parrish @farnamstreet. by @ericaarielfox.

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EPS Groupthink Gordon Learning-by-Doing 150

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2013

But recent research from the Center for Talent Innovation (PDF) shows that an inherently diverse workforce can be a potent source of innovation, as diverse individuals are better attuned to the unmet needs of consumers or clients like themselves. What does it take to consistently drive growth and innovation? Be more inclusive.

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EPS Diversity Innovation Bottom-up 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2014

Moving up in an organization depends on looking and acting like a leader, on being perceived as having “executive presence” (EP). According to research from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI), EP constitutes 26% of what senior leaders say it takes to get to the next promotion.

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EPS Hypercompetition Diversity Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Our research with members of the global C-suite, and with leading sustainability and innovation experts, has identified seven vectors of breakthrough change. Companies like Unilever are on an open innovation drive, while GSK and Novartis are focusing on access to medicines in poorer markets. Business would change the rules of the game.

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EPS Innovation CEO Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

In your testimony to Congress on May 21, 2013, when you explained Apple’s tax practices, you said: “You can tell the story of Apple’s success in just one word: innovation.” I agree and ask you to consider what public shareholders and stock buybacks have to do with innovation at Apple. Social innovation.

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Innovation EPS Incentives Supply Chain 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2015

Consider management actions such as cutting jobs and investment as a response to currency fluctuations and the resulting accounting impact of those cuts on earnings per share (EPS). Share buybacks are preferred to investment in innovation, entrepreneurship, and value creation. In other words, it depends on visionary management.

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Management Drucker EPS Short-term 8