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Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble on Innovation Execution: Fundamental Core Principles

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In their latest collaboration, Beyond the Idea, Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble, explain how to execute innovation in any organization. As they explain, “The most important message in Beyond the Idea is very simple: innovation execution is its own unique discipline. It requires time, energy, and distinct thinking.

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Vijay Govindarajan: An interview by Bob Morris

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Vijay Govindarajan (“VG”) is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading experts on strategy and innovation. He was the first Professor in Residence and Chief Innovation Consultant at General Electric. He is the Earl C. He worked with GE’s [.].

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Vijay Govindarajan: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Vijay Govindarajan (“VG”) is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading experts on strategy and innovation. He was the first Professor in Residence and Chief Innovation Consultant at General Electric. He is the Earl C. He worked with GE’s CEO [.].

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New book from my friend and NYT bestselling author Vijay Govindarajan

Marshall Goldsmith

I want to recommend to you an important new book from my friend Vijay Govindarajan, who is ranked as one of the world’s leading business thinkers. After 35 years of research and consulting, he has written his most important book yet: The Three Box Solution: A Strategy For Leading Innovation.

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Vijay Govindarajan on How to Reverse the “Curse of Dominant Logic”

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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Vijay Govindarajan for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * Western multinationals — especially the most successful ones — consistently [.].

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To Innovate, Find What’s Hiding in Plain Sight

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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Vijay Govindarajan and Srikanth Srinivas for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. Bob''s blog entries "What''s the connection between counting squares and innovation?"

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Reverse Innovation: A book review by Bob Morris

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Reverse Innovation: Create Far from Home, Win Everywhere Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble Harvard Business School Press (2012) How and why reverse innovation can help to reverse the negative trends and tendencies that can weaken an organization Those who have read one or more of Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble’s previously published books (..)