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Michael Lee Stallard

Innovation is a challenge because it is largely a right brain activity. But once this is understood, innovation can become a personal leadership skill as well as a corporate one. Dana Theus talks playtime, the boredom that precedes the brilliance, and the risk of looking foolish in Why Is Leading Innovation So Hard?

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Real Dysfunction Today, Hidden in Plain Sight

Michael Lee Stallard

We are sorely deficient of what I refer to as connection (also known as community, social capital, belonging or meaningful relationships). They sense that something is wrong although though they don’t understand why. The problem today is hidden in plain sight. How did we get to this state? why is everyone smiling?

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Home About the Blog Michael’s Bio Resources Lead on Purpose Entries RSS | Comments RSS Top Posts Lead on Purpose featured Five leadership practices for improving customer service Five factors of leadership Real-world examples of customer service Leadership and Product Management Five stages of problem solving Guest Post: The Yin-Yang of (..)

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What Business Should Do about Occupy Wall Street

Harvard Business Review

And business has a very large role to play in ushering in a new economic model that delivers larger social equity through innovation and commitment to sustainable business practices. The company's market capitalization has grown 28-fold in the last 15 years to $33 billion.

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Reimagining Capitalism

Harvard Business Review

This isn't a new challenge, but it's more urgent than ever, not just as an effort to escape reform and regulation from the outside, but to restore the public trust, to repair the moral fabric of the system, and to unleash the innovation required to tackle the world's most pressing and important challenges.