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Booknotes: 14 Ideas from The Power of Something Stupid

Leading Blog

Author Richie Norton explains that life-changing ideas are often tragically mislabeled stupid. Stupid is the New Smart—the common denominator for success, creativity, and innovation in business and life. The Power of Starting Something Stupid is about finding the courage to do the things you don’t feel you are ready to do.

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A Closed-Loop Strategy Execution System

Six Disciplines

In their 2008 book "The Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage" (Harvard Business School Press), Harvard professors Dr. Robert S. Plan Operations: improve key processes; develop sales plan; plan resource capacity; prepare budgets. Monitor and Learn: hold strategy reviews; hold operational reviews.

System 98
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A Closed-Loop Strategy Execution System

Six Disciplines

In their 2008 book "The Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage" (Harvard Business School Press), Harvard professors Dr. Robert S. Plan Operations: improve key processes; develop sales plan; plan resource capacity; prepare budgets. Monitor and Learn: hold strategy reviews; hold operational reviews.

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4 Ways To End Destructive Pride

Tanveer Naseer

The following is a guest piece by Ritchie Norton. Brown continues, “Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.” Overcome the prideful need to measure your worth by how much more successful you are than others, by operating from a core belief grounded in abundance. It fuels our daily lives.

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Performance Measurement

Strategy Driven

Operating-cost productivity metrics might include the component costs for building an automobile or delivering a package, the rates of rework, and so forth. Pharmaceutical companies have long needed deep scientific-innovation leadership capabilities but relatively few general managers.

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Why Facebook Should Worry About Tencent

Harvard Business Review

According to VentureBeat’s Dean Takahashi, Tencent is “a little like what you would get if you combined AOL, Facebook, Skype, Yahoo, Gmail, Norton, and Twitter — under one roof.” Tencent enjoys the advantages of a giant social network as well as a history of innovation. China Global business Internet'

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Three Things that Actually Motivate Employees

Harvard Business Review

The most motivated and productive people I’ve seen recently work in an older company on the American East Coast deploying innovative technology products to transform a traditional industry. Another says she is most excited about the opportunity to change how the industry operates and have a big impact on improving lives.