by Dr. Roger Firestien Innovation is a competitive business weapon. The organizations that will survive and thrive over time are NOT the ones with the deepest pockets, but the ones that can unleash and apply
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The Secret to Maintaining Organizational Viability in the Age of Disruption
by Tanner Corbridge In rapidly evolving markets, calculated risk-taking is the secret to boosting innovation, adapting at speed, and maintaining long-term organizational viability. Today’s marketplace is characterized by rampant disruption, spurred by technological advancements, globalization,
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Turn the Tables on Digital Disruptors
The story of disruption in the digital era is almost mythical: The Silicon Valley whiz kids sweep in with agility and new ideas, attacking the established pecking order. In every industry, customer loyalty is up
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The Apple-Orange Connection
Combine the Unexpected for Innovation Who ever thought that a camera and a phone had anything in common? Or a house could mimic a hotel? Or someone’s car could serve as a taxi? For a
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This month, our book summaries are all about looking ahead and finding new approaches to doing business. Learn how to anticipate the future of your organization, prepare for change, and take a new approach to
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If you’re analyzing companies to invest in, certainly one item you’ll want to take into consideration is their strategy for innovation. Next week’s Soundview Live webinars have got you covered on both the investment and
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THE SECOND MACHINE AGE A New Era Going Full Steam For most of us, the Industrial Age refers to the late 19th-century explosion of large companies with large factories that fundamentally changed the way we
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THE DECODED COMPANY Using Big Data in Human Resources What if companies knew as much about their employees as they knew about their customers? That is the provocative question at the heart of The Decoded
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SCALING UP EXCELLENCE How to Scale Up Faster and Farther Most companies have “pockets of excellence,” according to Stanford University professors Robert Sutton and Huggy Rao — units, departments or subsidiaries where people perform at
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Checklists are a modest way to reduce failure, ensure consistency, and safeguard comprehensiveness. We use checklists to do the grocery shopping or to plan a weekend project. What if there was a checklist for running
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QUICK AND NIMBLE Out of the Mouths of CEOs What are the core elements of an effective culture that encourages and enables innovation, and how can leaders create such a culture? These two questions are
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IDEA TO INVENTION Anyone Can Be an Inventor One day, Patricia Nolan-Brown was driving in downtown Boston with her young child in a rear-facing car seat in the back seat, as required by law. On
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THE EVERYTHING STORE Jeff Bezos’ Dream Come True While the face may be somewhat familiar and everyone knows his company well, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has not enjoyed the iconic status of a Bill Gates
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