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Great Innovators Create the Future, Manage the Present, and Selectively Forget the Past

Harvard Business Review

But as anyone who has ever tried to lead innovation knows, the challenge goes beyond being ambidextrous enough to manage today’s business while creating tomorrow’s. Innovation & Entrepreneurship Book. Vijay Govindarajan. Box 1 cannot execute Box 3 innovations. Excerpted from. The Three-Box Solution.

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Before Hiring a Design Partner, Consider This

Harvard Business Review

Designers are problem solvers, and this worldview has enabled them to move from the world of making objects into the world of defining strategy and influencing consumer behavior. The outcomes will only work in the long term if both sides combine their expertise into a rich body of shared experience and understanding.