The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In his article on “Crafting Strategy,” McGill University professor and management author, Henry Mintzberg, provides a good example of innovation and organizational learning in high-performing, agile organizations: “Out in the field, a salesman visits a customer. Many innovations were unplanned and unexpected.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 6, 2019

Innovation doesn’t happen by one person having an aha moment. Henry Mintzberg, Professor, McGill University. ? Productivity and efficiency are challenges of the 20th century. Professor Bill Fischer, Professor of Innovation Management IMD. ? You don’t get innovation without diversity and conflict.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2011

Forbes: Porter or Mintzberg – Whose View of Strategy is the most Relevant Today? HarvardBiz: Three Questions that Will Kill Innovation Try asking "What are you learning?" Stanford GSB: Why Failure Drives Innovation. ronkarr: Ten Things that Make Me More Productive from @wallybock. by @profkjmoore.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2012

I'm a huge fan of this work and suggest that all innovators study the movement closely. One area that deserves particular attention is the notion of the minimal viable product (MVP). Sometimes, though, a Minimal Viable Product turns into a Mediocre Value Proposition. A company might introduce a product in the marketplace.

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LDRLB

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

I think Henry Mintzberg coined it first. That’s one thing I’ve really, really enjoyed in some of your past work, even before the book in working with Gary Hamel and setting up the Management Innovation Lab, which was the precursor to the Management Innovation eXchange, the MIX, which a lot of people might be familiar with.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2012

This is what Henry Mintzberg , a seminal figure in competitive strategy theory, once described as "emergent" or "evolutionary" strategy. Per Lederhausen's advice, set the right first "start small" milestone; it will usually involve seeing people's willingness to buy or at least try your product. It's not just start-ups.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

The fascination with the upcoming meeting, event, or deal keeps you fully energized, alert, productive, engaged, and happy. Afterwards, in the hotel lobby, I ran into Henry Mintzberg and had a brief conversation about the promising fight against political corruption in Brazil.

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