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Leading for Innovation: Why Fighting Fires Burns Down the House

LDRLB

Today’s innovators know that services, business models, collaboration, relationships, networks, knowledge, and social capital are the keys to the future. And besides, they say, there are too many operational challenges requiring attention so they don’t have the “luxury” to think long-term.

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Leading for Innovation: Why Fighting Fires Burns Down the House

LDRLB

Today’s innovators know that services, business models, collaboration, relationships, networks, knowledge, and social capital are the keys to the future. And besides, they say, there are too many operational challenges requiring attention so they don’t have the “luxury” to think long-term. The other domain is leadership.

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Marketing Is Dead

Harvard Business Review

Many people in traditional marketing roles and organizations may not realize they're operating within a dead paradigm. Third, in today's increasingly social media-infused environment, traditional marketing and sales not only doesn't work so well, it doesn't make sense. Help them build social capital. But they are.

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Do You Know Who Holds Your Office Together?

Harvard Business Review

So we propose a three-step solution to properly value the office tending work that lubricates its operations: identify it; understand its impact; and find ways to assign it value. Social capital also counts. In business, as in love, you earn trust. Once earned, you’re a fool to take it for granted. Understand its benefits.

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What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager

Harvard Business Review

Defining and tracking success metrics. PMs have to have a deep understanding of how the organization operates and must build social capital to influence the success of their product – from obtaining budget and staffing to securing a top engineer to work on their product. Performing market assessments.