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Say “No” to Innovation-in-General

Harvard Business Review

The subject was intrapreneurship and it seemed like the organizers had collected an all-star panel; two Googlers, an early Facebooker, one of the recent additions to the Paypal team, and one of the IBM leads on the Watson project. Yes, all of the panelists were speaking broadly on innovative projects. Yes all three are innovative.

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Recommended Resources – An Interview with Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi, authors of The Essential Advantage

Strategy Driven

Large downturns (such as this recession), technology disruptions, or regulatory shifts create discontinuities that simply accelerate the industry’s evolution toward this equilibrium state. Assets are important, but they are, increasingly, table stakes in most competitive industries; everyone in the game has them.

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Unlocking the Full Potential of Your Business Software

Strategy Driven

However, one of the least considered points that many business owners overlook is the way they utilise technology. Whether it’s a technical document that is being written by several authors or a project document that has to be edited by several people, Google Docs offers the necessary tools to take advantage of it.