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4 Breakthrough Leadership Strategies for 2013

LDRLB

It’s usually an individual endeavor focused on fitness, friendships, or finances. What can we do to remain open to the power of surprise when it occurs rather than resist it? The New Year brings about resolutions to redefine the status quo. Ask yourself: What surprises have we experienced that influenced where we are today?

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Making Sense of Our Very Competitive, Super Monopolistic Economy

Harvard Business Review

economy may be succumbing to what he calls “the Medici cycle,” named for the powerful family of medieval Florence. Their motto — or at least the motto often attributed to them — was “Money to get power. Power to protect money.” In other words, the problem here is not temporary market power.

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How to Use Uncertainty and Surprise for Breakthroughs

LDRLB

Some companies and leaders have experienced the inherent value of uncertainty and surprise, and actually use it to out-innovate the competition: Intuit’s flagship product was Quicken, the leading software program for managing home finances.