Leading Blog

JANUARY 6, 2014

Author Richie Norton explains that life-changing ideas are often tragically mislabeled stupid. What if the key to success, creativity, and fulfillment in your life lies in the potential of those stupid ideas? Stupid is the New Smart—the common denominator for success, creativity, and innovation in business and life.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 13, 2013

The following is a guest piece by Ritchie Norton. The kind of pride that prevents them from experiencing lasting success. Their pride causes them to blame others (or their circumstances) for their lack of success. Brown continues, “Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.”

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Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 4, 2011

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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Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 4, 2011

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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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2014

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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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2013

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. Their products are early stage, which means daily frustrations as they run through successive iterations. Managing people Motivation'

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Defining and tracking success metrics. These PMs excel at reflecting on where each of these competencies contributed to the success or failure of their products and continuously adjust their approach based on customer feedback. Pricing and revenue modeling. Company Fit. Not necessarily.

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