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Welcome to Thinkers50, one of the best online sources for brain food

First Friday Book Synopsis

Thinkers50 offers the definitive global ranking of management thinkers and is published every two years. The 2009 winner was CK Prahalad. The ranking is based on voting at the Thinkers50 website and input from a team of advisers led by Des Dearlove and Stuart Crainer.

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Chris Zook on the importance of “Commander’s Intent”

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Chris Zook and featured at the Thinkers50 website, an organization whose definitive global ranking of management thinkers is published every two years. The 2009 winner was CK Prahalad.

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Advice for Marketing Executives During Tough Times

Marshall Goldsmith

Align yourself with the rest of your executive team. Marshall Every two years there is a global survey to determine the world’s top 50 business thinkers. In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. Listen to how your peers are talking and adopt their lingo. Thank you, Susanne.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Deepa Prahalad – Focused on design and emerging markets. Mark Tercek – President and CEO, Nature Conservancy – world leader in global conservation. World Economic Forum – Global Leader for Tomorrow. Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Global Debt Registry (MHR). World authority on project management.

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Self-Confidence and Success

Marshall Goldsmith

How Much You Contribute When achievement is the result of a team effort - not just individual performance - we tend to overestimate our contribution to the final victory. Marshall Every two years there is a global survey to determine the world’s top 50 business thinkers. Successful people don't drink from a glass that is half empty.

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The Power of Intent

Harvard Business Review

A fellow business leader complained the other day that although he had repeatedly sought feedback, his team had never told him what they really thought about his management style. My plate is full and my team knows that.". Prahalad and Gary Hamel referred to that in an award-winning HBR article Strategic Intent.

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Why Entrepreneurs Will Beat Multinationals to the Bottom of the Pyramid

Harvard Business Review

Prahalad and Stuart Hart’s seminal book The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid gained a wide audience when it was published in 2004 and has continued to be widely read ever since. On the fifth anniversary of the book’s publication, Professor Prahalad was interviewed by Knowledge@Wharton. Entrepreneurship Global business'