Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Beyond alarming questions of what is "fair" to the innovators themselves, few have considered how these human capital controls might impact the quality and quantity of innovation--and ultimately economic growth. Yet, the power of surprise is necessary to create business breakthroughs. Businesses hate uncertainty.

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LDRLB

AUGUST 29, 2012

But could we be overlooking an essential and critical ingredient of breakthrough leadership and innovation? Soren Kaplan is the author of Leapfrogging and a speaker, educator, and managing principal at InnovationPoint , where he teaches leaders how to create business breakthroughs. So why are we resisting them in business?

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LDRLB

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Innovation. Leapfrogging by Soren Kaplan. Leapfrogging is a powerful book in how surprise powers innovative breakthroughs. It’s not enough just to think about the innovations your own organization is pursuing. Pink’s book is an entertaining, evidence-based read on the power and process of influence.

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LDRLB

APRIL 23, 2012

This is a guest post form Soren Kaplan. Soren is the Managing Principal of InnovationPoint, an Adjunct Professor within the Imagineering Academy at NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences in The Netherlands and the author of the new book Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs.

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Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

After every BIF , we always wonder if it can get any better and each year is as unique and powerful as the one before. The more #RCUS, the more we meet people with whom we create powerful positive solutions to our world''s wicked problems. This is a testimony to the human spirit. Here are a few BIF9 Storytellers who inspired me.

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LDRLB

APRIL 23, 2012

This is a guest post form Soren Kaplan. Soren is the Managing Principal of InnovationPoint, an Adjunct Professor within the Imagineering Academy at NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences in The Netherlands and the author of the new book Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs.

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Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2012

And finally, business model innovation is getting the recognition it deserves. That’s why I was thrilled when my friend and one of business model innovation’s gurus, Saul Kaplan , wrote a must read book sharing his real world experiences - The Business Model Innovation Factory. For many, this is frightening.

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Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

In BIF10 Top Row L-R Marlea Brown, Andrew Kaplan, Nicha Ratana; Bottom Row L-R: Faisal Khurshid, Isby Lubin, Fiora MacPherson, Sarah Kandath, Me what, in Whom do you Hope ? Hope is a powerful force in life. Summer is ending, leaves are changing and we know what is coming, and I''m so filled with Hope !

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Leadership Freak

AUGUST 1, 2012

The more fearful we are the more pessimistic we grow about the future,” Soren Kaplan, author of, Leapfrogging: Harnessing the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs. [.]. When fear prevents the next step, pessimism prevails. Pessimists can’t lead.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The Power of Pressure : Why Pressure Isn't the Problem, It's the Solution by Dane Jensen (Collins, 2021) What’s the most pressure you’ve ever been under? The Power of Trust : How Companies Build It, Lose It, Regain It by Sandra J. Blog Post ). How did you react? What helped? Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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LDRLB

JULY 19, 2012

To celebrate the upcoming launch of LDRLB contributor Soren Kaplan’s new book Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs , we’ve arranged for a free webinar for the LDRLB community. Leading Disruptive Innovation. Description: Disruptive innovation is no longer the exception, it’s the norm.

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Coaching Tip

JULY 25, 2012

Yet, the power of surprise is necessary to create business breakthroughs. In LEAPFROGGING , author Soren Kaplan reveals why this command-and-control mindset is exactly what stymies innovation. The leapfrogging life cycle that Kaplan describes in his book is not a step-by-step how to guide. Businesses hate uncertainty.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 9, 2012

Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs Soren Kaplan Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2012) The power and value of serendipity on the other side of complexity As I began to read this book, I was reminded of an observation by Oliver Wendell Holmes: “I wouldn’t give a fig for simplicity this side of complexity but [.].

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Leadership Freak

AUGUST 1, 2012

The more fearful we are the more pessimistic we grow about the future,” Soren Kaplan, author of, Leapfrogging: Harnessing the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs. [.]. When fear prevents the next step, pessimism prevails. Pessimists can’t lead.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Nolan, and Shannon O’Donnell Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs Soren Kaplan The Talent Masters: Why Smart Leaders [.]. I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Harder Than I Thought: Adventures of a Twenty-First Century Leader Robert D.

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 12, 2016

Self-promoting divas and power-hoarding executives destroy organizational trust. The trust of many in a system that has been the most spectacular generator of innovation in history was damaged by the unbridled greed of a few. Kaplan worked for 25 years at Newsweek and Fortune. Reproduced by permission of AMACOM.

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Mills Scofield

JUNE 1, 2015

Andrew Kaplan eloquently sums this up in his post below he wrote right before graduation. When I think about my time at Brown, I think about one of my housemates working on a computer science project, describing the mystery of the deep web and the power of torrent — and blowing my mind in the process. He was a 2013 C.V.

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Mills Scofield

JUNE 1, 2015

Andrew Kaplan eloquently sums this up in his post below he wrote right before graduation. When I think about my time at Brown, I think about one of my housemates working on a computer science project, describing the mystery of the deep web and the power of torrent — and blowing my mind in the process. He was a 2013 C.V.

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LDRLB

JANUARY 14, 2013

2013 represents a great opportunity to leapfrog our mental models and innovate our way to breakthroughs for ourselves, our teams, our organizations and, of course, our customers. Breakthrough innovation isn’t much different; there are no maps for uncharted territory. What are the breakthroughs that we want to create and lead?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2013

That word is innovation, and it’s quickly losing whatever meaning it once had. Journal writer Dennis Berman begins by citing Kellogg CEO John Bryant, the respected head of a well-run company, who was describing one of its “innovations” for 2013. an innovation, then what isn’t an innovation?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

At his invitation, I went this week to the state's two largest cities, Lexington and Louisville, to talk with local entrepreneurs and community leaders about what it takes to spur more innovation and entrepreneurship in a region. My take is that they already have the power within them. I'll admit this is based on a quick impression.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2017

A company has an innovative idea, which for a while provides competitive advantage. Later on, a new innovator comes along and pushes it aside. economy may be succumbing to what he calls “the Medici cycle,” named for the powerful family of medieval Florence. Power to protect money.”

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Wall Street's " financial innovations " of recent years seem to have given creativity a bad name. Created by Robert Kaplan and David Norton in the 1990s, this system for assessing organizational performance builds on, but goes way beyond, traditional accounting methods. Tags: Creativity Ethics Innovation GAAP.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2018

After all, every innovation somehow recombines or reimagines things that already exist. For example, researchers Sarah Kaplan and Keyvan Vakili found that recombining ideas from one domain of specialization, as opposed to multiple domains, led to more novel innovations in the area of nanotubes.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Our view of the world is powered by personal algorithms: observing how all of the component pieces (and people) that make up our personal social system interact, and looking for patterns to predict what will happen next. When systems behave linearly and react immediately, we tend to be fairly accurate with our forecasts.

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Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Sitting behind me at BIF-6 was this nice, unassuming guy. We struck up a conversation. As a result, a wonderful friendship has developed (which is easy to do at BIF). This guy was Michael Lee Stallard. As Michael and I started conversing, the importance of connections to help reframe, reform our world was/is a constant theme.

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LDRLB

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Could we be ignoring the most fundamental tool that anyone can use to create disruptive innovation and change? This article is based on the book Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs with direct excerpts used from the recently published ChangeThis Manifesto titled Leapfrogging to Breakthroughs.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Kaplan and Robert Kaiser have done in the pages of HBR, and more recently Tony Schwartz has done on this site, we believe that a single strength by itself doesn't serve anyone well. Strengths in combination are far more powerful than any one alone, our research has confirmed. A leader needs several strengths to succeed.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Kaplan and Robert Kaiser have done in the pages of HBR, and more recently Tony Schwartz has done on this site, we believe that a single strength by itself doesn't serve anyone well. Strengths in combination are far more powerful than any one alone, our research has confirmed. A leader needs several strengths to succeed.

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LDRLB

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Ten Questions to Inspire Innovation – Soren Kaplan with ten questions that can be used to evoke more creative thinking. Three Ways to Make Your Leadership Relevant – John Baldoni on how context, circumstance, and consequence power leadership relevance. Above all else, we owe you all an extra special thank you.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2016

We’ve indeed seen a substantial increase in shareholder power. Kaplan and Joshua Rauh showed that high CEO pay has actually not been a major cause of the rise in inequality – it’s risen much more slowly than pay in law, hedge funds, private equity, and venture capital. What about equality?

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Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Sam Gilman and Andrew Kaplan , college juniors started Common Sense Action in 2012 with one chapter. This kind of disconnect is unacceptable, especially when the political gridlock we face can only be broken by the power of relationships. Starr Social Innovation Fellow for his work on Common Sense Action. Well, it''s happening.

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