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Leading for Innovation: Why Fighting Fires Burns Down the House

LDRLB

Others experience the inherent tension but let short-term goals and fire-fighting consume their lives – at the expense of preparing for and positioning themselves for the future. This one little question lies at the intersection of two big fields – leadership and innovation. The other domain is leadership.

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Leading for Innovation: Why Fighting Fires Burns Down the House

LDRLB

Others experience the inherent tension but let short-term goals and fire-fighting consume their lives – at the expense of preparing for and positioning themselves for the future. This one little question lies at the intersection of two big fields – leadership and innovation. The other domain is leadership.

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Building Relationships Across Cultures In Today’s World

Tanveer Naseer

The networking goal is more likely to be about developing deep and long-term strategic relationships than for completing short-term tasks. In cultures where group dynamics are paramount, the process of building networks tends to be much more elaborate, well defined, and long term.

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The Five Characteristics of Successful Innovators

Harvard Business Review

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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Where Does Your Nation Rank on Wellbeing?

Harvard Business Review

For the first time, the US does not rank among the top 10 countries in the world in terms of overall prosperity. Kennedy's assertion that economic data "measures everything in short, except that which makes life worthwhile," the index captures data in areas beyond economic performance. Building on Robert F.

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Reimagining Capitalism

Harvard Business Review

In other words, we need a capitalism that is profoundly principled, fundamentally patient, and socially accountable. That's why the MIX is eager to announce the third leg of the Harvard Business Review/McKinsey M-Prize for Innovation — the Long-Term Capitalism Challenge.

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Scotland’s Future Is Bright; the UK’s Might Not Be

Harvard Business Review

Scotland has the intrinsic qualities of successful small advanced economies: an educated population, social capital, and competitive firms. But where the motivation for independence is at least partly economic as opposed to cultural, the economic realities are generally likely to mean devolution short of full independence.