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Today's Workforce in the Global Marketplace

Coaching Tip

NO FEAR, an innovative business leadership book by Pekka A. They constantly generate new innovations; they use new networks to solve problems in an innovative manner, provided their interest is piqued. The network economy is going to be mainstream. Well, have no fear!

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Business School Professors Should Be Like Movie Directors

Harvard Business Review

Professors must think of themselves as experiential movie directors for a production of Global Business in the Networked Economy , orchestrating and coaching a multinational cast of actors through experiments – and stepping off of the stage for a broader purview.

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You Need a Community, Not a Network

Harvard Business Review

Consider Ashoka , which provides start-up funding and support for social innovators worldwide. In our emerging super-networked economy, the next-generation leaders will increasingly be mobilizers, not directors. Leaders of many nonprofits have shown themselves to be adept at this kind of community building.

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The Serendipity Machine

Mills Scofield

Sebastian, an organization hacker, is the author of The Serendipity Machine - the inspiring story of the highly innovative, international coworking network Seats2meet.com. The company understands it as the fabric out of which value is created in the network economy. Yes, you can orchestrate serendipity!! Sebastian Olma.

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The Art of HR: Building REAL Social Networks

LDRLB

Handy was mostly correct in his predictions, but even he probably did not foresee the explosion and extent of the technology and networks that would make this possible. Social acumen is essential to innovation, and requires a unique blend of tact, perseverance, skills and internal alliances.