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How to Compete Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders

Skip Prichard

Innovation Capital. And one of the most overlooked reasons for entrepreneurial failure is innovation capital. That’s why I enjoyed talking with Jeff Dyer who, along with Nathan Furr and Curtis Lefrandt, wrote a new book, Innovation Capital: How to Compete and Win Like the World’s Innovative Leaders.

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Encouraging Rural Entrepreneurship

The Horizons Tracker

In contrast to the factors perceived to fuel entrepreneurial activities in urban areas, such as a well-educated workforce or the presence of patent-producing enterprises, these elements demonstrate less predictive power in spurring new business ventures within rural localities.

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Why Innovation is not "Invented Here"

Coaching Tip

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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What Does Your Network Look Like?

Talent Anarchy 1

Recently, Jason texted me the title of a conference session he was sitting in—Social Capital: Using ONA to Unleash Potential Across an Organization. In another lifetime, I led diversity, inclusion and cultural competency efforts for a regional healthcare system that was heavily invested in and committed to innovation.

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LeadershipNow 140: September 2016 Compilation

Leading Blog

Learn from the Best: Google’s Nine Principles of Innovation via @IXchat. The Powerful Organizational Trust Elixir by Karin Hurt. Do You Know The Value of Your Social Capital at Work? Here are a selection of tweets from September 2016 that you might have missed: Criticism, Boundaries and Useful Feedback by @JesseLynStoner.

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Leading for Innovation: Why Fighting Fires Burns Down the House

LDRLB

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. The other domain is leadership.

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Leading for Innovation: Why Fighting Fires Burns Down the House

LDRLB

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. The other domain is leadership.