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Stop Comparing Management to Sports

Harvard Business Review

As the famous management professor Henry Mintzberg noted: “Think of the organizations you most admire. That is because, ultimately, competitive advantage comes from people, rather than products or patents. I’ll bet that front and center is a powerful sense of community.” ” Research backs this up.

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The Making of an Innovation Master

Harvard Business Review

I didn't create any kind of ranking algorithm while making my choices, but did consider three basic criteria: Do the individual's ideas bring clarity to the quest of improving the predictability and productivity of innovation? Are the ideas presented in a way that a practitioner can put them to work immediately? Horace Dediu.