Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Learn from the Best: Google’s Nine Principles of Innovation via @IXchat. Do Not Take Rest Breaks And 4 Other Productive Tips For Leaders by @BrianKDodd. Do You Know The Value of Your Social Capital at Work? Nobody Rises To Low Expectations by @tnvora. The Ambidextrous Leader by Julian Birkinshaw via @LBS.

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Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 24, 2013

For example, Amazon , a company with about $75 billion in annual revenue and a $140 billion market value, relies on metrics like continually rooting out inefficiencies and, with a few well-known peculiarities like "desks with repurposed doors," underights cost effectiveness and abhors “social cohesion."

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 25, 2010

We are sorely deficient of what I refer to as connection (also known as community, social capital, belonging or meaningful relationships). Over the last century we grew myopic and obsessed with increasing efficiency and productivity and forgot that human beings need time for relationships too. How did we get to this state?

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 15, 2010

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Steve Farber

MAY 15, 2015

We’ve been exploring the convergence of three essential qualities: Human Capital–individuals’ attributes, talents, capacities, and contribution. Social Capital–the strength, connection, and relationships between those individuals. What to Do About It. To be perfectly clear, this hour is on us!

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2013

There is not much agreement about what makes an idea innovative, and what makes an innovative idea valuable. Likewise, experts disagree on the type and level of innovation that is most beneficial for organizations. Likewise, experts disagree on the type and level of innovation that is most beneficial for organizations.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Because I teach a course on Product Management at Harvard Business School, I am routinely asked “what is the role of a Product Manager?” ” The role of a Product Manager (PM) is often referred to as the “CEO of the Product.” Aron Vellekoop Len/Getty Images. Core Competencies.

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Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Jonah Lehrer's article, "GroupThink" in The New Yorker , January 30, 2012 states that brainstorming seems like an ideal technique, a feel-good way to boost productivity. But there is a problem with brainstorming. It doesn't work. Scientific advances have lead to a situation where all the remaining problems are incredibly hard.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2014

We often find ourselves engaged with members of large organizations on questions of how to be more innovative and entrepreneurial. In virtually every case we hear something like this: “I have an idea for a new product (or process, system, program, etc.). Entrepreneurship Innovation Leadership'

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Over the past three decades at IDEO, I’ve worked with some of the most innovative companies in the world and seen a lot of creative leaders in action. The free-flowing exchange, in which employees, partners, and collaborators gain social capital through their creative input, has helped propel growth. Innovation Book.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2013

Most of us think of biotech as the province of multinational pharmaceutical corporations and well-funded ventures, but the founders of BioCurious believe (as they say in their mission statement) "that innovations in biology should be accessible, affordable, and open to everyone." Socialize your underused assets.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

Those employees work at two of Britain’s most-admired retailers, John Lewis department stores and Waitrose supermarkets, each of which has carved out a powerful bond with customers, both of which have unveiled big innovations in terms of branding, merchandising, and e-commerce. Our focus is on social capital.”

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Social Media, Social Business, Social Innovation, Social Era — are they all the same, or are they quite different? The term "social media" was popularized by Chris Shipley in 2004 , as she described the impact of influencers and bloggers in shaping product adoption, more so than traditional media outlets.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2013

Avis has taken an interesting (and bold) step by acquiring Zipcar, absorbing an innovative but struggling competitor at what is likely to be seen as a bargain price while acquiring a small but desirable customer base and gaining a foothold in the rapidly growing world of collaborative consumption.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

They group these into three areas and argue that over time, you want to review that you are investing enough to balance out your portfolio for a lifetime: Productive assets: Knowledge, skills, professional social capital, reputation. They may be an innovative and promising reinvention of human potential.

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Career Leadership Pipeline Social Capital Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2014

On occasion, these senior executives may designate lieutenants to sit on the brand council as their representatives, but they ensure the designees have the social capital, as well as the authority, to participate fully. The brand council is charged with using the brand as the lens for strategic business decision-making.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Political economist Francis Fukuyama predicted a future when social capital would be as important as physical capital, and that only those societies with a high degree of social trust would be able to create large-scale organizations capable of competing in the new economy.

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