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Why the Best Strategies Blend the Digital and Physical

Skip Prichard

Legacy companies, we hear, are all doomed to fail unless they double down on the latest digital innovations, and disruptors are ordained to take over the world. Digital innovation is the answer to everything. He shows that, while important, digital is only part of the answer?and and it’s never the only answer.

Strategy 140
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Everything You Didn’t Know You Wanted to Know About the Pallet Industry

Harvard Business Review

Knowledge@Wharton gets a nice little debate going in this explainer about Amazon’s tactics to force publisher Hachette to get with the program. Andy O’Connell Maybe Not Does Innovation Always Lead to Gentrification? Innovators don’t create affordable housing,” Kyle Chayka writes in Pacific Standard.

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“Trust Me, I’m a Leader”: Why Building a Culture of Trust Will Boost Employee Performance – and Maybe Even Save Your Company

Strategy Driven

And when they don’t feel safe, they don’t take risks – and where there is no risk taken, there is less innovation, less ‘going the extra mile,’ and therefore, very little unexpected upside. When they’re punished, you instill a fear of risk-taking in your employees, and with that you stifle creativity and innovation.

Company 62
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“Trust Me, I’m a Leader”: Why Building a Culture of Trust Will Boost Employee Performance – and Maybe Even Save Your Company

Strategy Driven

And when they don’t feel safe, they don’t take risks – and where there is no risk taken, there is less innovation, less ‘going the extra mile,’ and therefore, very little unexpected upside. When they’re punished, you instill a fear of risk-taking in your employees, and with that you stifle creativity and innovation.

Company 50
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The Pitfalls (and Upsides) of Partnering with Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

Often, they come to find that the majority of new ventures don’t understand corporate decision cycles, purchasing requirements, compliance processes, post sales customer service, and the like. Many corporate executives fail to realize just how close to the precipice many startups are. Then there’s the upside. Entrepreneurship'

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In Defense of Routine Innovation

Harvard Business Review

Almost every discussion of innovation today inevitably turns to the topic of “disruption.” Academics write about the power of disruptive innovation to transform one industry after another. Consultants have set up practices to focus specifically on helping companies become disruptive innovators. How has this strategy worked?

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There's No Formula for Fixing Detroit, and That's a Good Thing

Harvard Business Review

Policy innovation. and venture capitalist. That''s got to be at least partly a negotiating tactic, but it''s a dangerous game Orr is playing. Entrepreneurship Government Innovation' But to a certain extent the lack of formula is the point.