Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 7, 2013

David Burkus’ new book, The Myths of Creativity: The Truth About How Innovative Companies and People Generate Great Ideas , is among the best business books I’ve read this year. It provides a valuable review of research and practices related to the process of innovation. I highly recommend it.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Each year, after reading and reviewing dozens of new leadership books, I select my pick for the year's best new leadership book. For 2023, after reading nearly 40 leadership books, my pick for this year’s best new leadership book is When Everyone Leads. In the meantime, add this book to your must-read list.”

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 12, 2018

The following is an excerpt from the introduction to The New Science of Radical Innovation. When an organization achieves a higher level of complexity, it increases the organization’s options and ability to respond to external challenges and produce radical innovation. This book is not about how to make incremental improvements.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Books like Helping People Change and The Power of Bad , have the power to change forever how we work with others and address the things that hold us back. Smith and Ellen Van Oosten (Harvard Business Review Press, 2019) Helping others is a good thing. Creative Construction : The DNA of Sustained Innovation by Gary P.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Tim Baker There is considerable and contestable debate in blogosphere and elsewhere about the viability of the performance review. Another group thinks that with some modifications, the performance review will be fine. One group - a minority - thinks that it is working very well and shouldn''t be tampered with.

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LDRLB

DECEMBER 10, 2012

It’s the season for lists and as 2012 begins to wind down, we thought we’d review what we’ve read this year and put together a list of our own. If you haven’t there’s still time left in 2012 to dig into these great books. This is the quintessential book on leadership with loads of empirical support. Innovation.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 8, 2013

The Architecture of Innovation: The Economics of Creative Organizations Joshua Lerner Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How to combine two traditional models “within a powerful system that consistently and efficiently produces new ideas” By nature, books about innovation should contribute something new and/or something better to our (..)

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Failures in new territories that pave the way for eventual success are what Amy Edmondson describes as “Intelligent Failures” in her newly released book “ The Right Kind of Wrong – The Science of Failing Well ”. The book does a brilliant job at helping us identify intelligent failures. How are Intelligent Failures Different?

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 10, 2021

Read the new, Harvard Business Review Leader's Handbook. Thank you to the book's publisher for sending me an advance copy of the book. It's also a good refresher read for any leader wanting to hone their leadership skills.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Guest post by Randal Moss : Great leaders consistently talk about the need for their organization to ‘be innovative’ in their thinking. They recognize that innovation is a strategy for growth and that being able to harness that power will drive their organization’s success and their own as well. In some industries that is daunting.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 9, 2012

The Little Black Book of Innovation: How It Works, How to Do It Scott D. Anthony Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How to develop and then apply the skills needed to create “something different that has impact” I have read and reviewed all of the other books that Scott Anthony has authored or co-authored and [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 11, 2013

Innovation as Usual: How to Help Your People Bring Great Ideas to Life Paddy Miller and Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg Harvard Business Review Press (2013) How and why the healthiest organizations are those in which pursuit of improvement is constant, tenacious, and collaborative.

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Roundtable Talk

JUNE 29, 2022

Book: Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World Author: Cal Newport Reviewed by: Leah Parkhill Reilly The Premise: Georgetown computer science professor Cal Newport is perhaps known in the business world less for his innovations in the world of computing science (although I have no doubt there are many as he’s quite … Book (..)

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Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 8, 2011

To be honest, the first few chapters of the book are quite depressing. Entrepreneurial innovation: “Entrepreneurs are the rainmakers,” says Clifton. Education: A few of the most well known entrepreneurs dropped out of college, and some people believe that college gets in the way of innovation. Fire all lousy managers today.”.

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 5, 2023

Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Business Insider, O Magazine, Essence Magazine, The Boston Globe, and Harvard Business Review. In fact, Tina’s podcast episode “Lead with Authenticity” was selected as one of Harvard Business Review's Most Influential and Innovative articles from Harvard Business Review’s first century.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 23, 2009

In his book HALFTIME: Moving from Success to Significance , author Bob Buford explores three stages of life: The first half: On average, the first 40 years of your life. In his book HALFTIME: Moving from Success to Significance , author Bob Buford explores three stages of life: The first half: On average, the first 40 years of your life.

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Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

That’s what Brand Positive co-founder Sean Pillot de Chencey teaches in his book Influencers & Revolutionaries: How Innovative Trailblazers, Trends and Catalysts Are Transforming Businesses. I recently had the opportunity to ask him about his work and his book. “Insight + Ideas + Impact = Innovation.”

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 10, 2013

Ten Types of Innovation: The Discipline of Building Breakthroughs Larry Keeley with Ryan Pikkel, Brian Quinn, and Helen Walters John Wiley & Sons (2013) “Vision without execution is hallucination.” ” Larry Keeley wrote this book with […]. .” ” Larry Keeley wrote this book with […].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 31, 2013

Getting Innovation Right: How Leaders Leverage Inflection Points to Drive Success Seth Kahan Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2013) “There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.”

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Innovation Drucker Books Review 90

First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 18, 2013

The Innovation Expedition: A Visual Toolkit to Start Innovation Gijs van Wulfen provides BIS Publishers (2013) Just about everything you need to know about how to establish and then sustain an innovation culture By the time I began to read this book, I was already convinced that the innovation process is a journey of discovery […].

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LDRLB

MARCH 29, 2013

When I started researching creativity and innovation, one of the thought leaders I kept reading from again and again was Keith Sawyer. His book, Group Genius , was the first to truly examine collaborative creativity. His textbook, Explaining Creativity , was the first comprehensive review of creativity research.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Like the weather, many leaders talk about agility and innovation, but few managers do much about it. Unlike the weather, there’s a great deal managers can do about building agile and innovative cultures. These four innovation stages aren’t neat and orderly. Make sure it’s balanced with innovation and growth.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

When leaders expressed empathy for their team, it increased a team’s innovation and engagement, improved customer service, and helped them balance their home and work life. Empathy has been shown to drive positive business results and has numerous therapeutic effects on stressed employees.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 21, 2014

In today’s increasingly competitive, global market, it’s understandable why so many leaders are trying to figure out how to foster innovation in their organizations. So how is it that some organizations seem to thrive on the cutting edge while others can barely get their innovative initiatives off the ground?

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 14, 2010

Making connections and gaining people’s trust is the premise of the book Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust. Making connections and gaining people’s trust is the premise of the book Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust.

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CEO Blog

MARCH 14, 2013

This is an in depth book that is likely to make its way into the classic leadership book category. I am a fan of the Marcus Buckingham approach he talks about in his book Now Discover Your Strengths. How to be Exceptional - Drive Leadership Success by Magnifying Your Strengths. It is research based.

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LDRLB

MARCH 14, 2012

Drawing inspiration from the human genome project, Kates asserts that leaders need to see their system less as a group of silos and more as a living organism, which DNA that can be broken down into six basic elements: Product and service innovation. Strategy book review competitive advantage forecasting kates' Customer impact.

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Engaging Leader

AUGUST 15, 2014

Are you a leader who build teams that innovate again and again? Creating and sustaining an organization that is consistently innovative is extremely difficult (and rare). The best leaders of innovation see their role quite differently. Former Pixar […] Are you a leader who build teams that innovate again and again?

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QAspire

JUNE 3, 2024

Under Nadella’s leadership, Microsoft transformed into a dynamic and forward-thinking organization resulting in growth and innovation. The Boldly Inclusive Leader In this context, I read Minette Norman ’s book “ The Boldly Inclusive Leader ” with great interest. Nadella’s story underlines what research from McKinsey & Co.

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Rich Gee Group

JULY 19, 2024

Yet, many organizations find themselves entangled in red tape, procrastination, equivocation, and bureaucracy, which stifle innovation, slow decision-making, and frustrate employees. Monitor Progress and Adjust - Review the impact of your initiatives regularly and be prepared to make adjustments as needed.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The last few weeks of the year are an ideal time for self-reflection and review as on the one hand, there’s an understandable eagerness to plan and map out goals for the upcoming year. Buy Adam Bryant’s book “The Leap to Leader” on Amazon* Buy Tamara Sanderson and Ali Greene’s book “Remote Works” on Amazon.*

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First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World Tony Wagner Scribner/A Simon & Schuster Imprint (2012) Why and how to nurture the creativity of all children As Tony Wagner explains, “This book is about how we can develop the capacities of many more young people to be creative and entrepreneurial.

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Innovation Simon Books Review 75

First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 26, 2012

Reverse Innovation: Create Far from Home, Win Everywhere Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble Harvard Business School Press (2012) How and why reverse innovation can help to reverse the negative trends and tendencies that can weaken an organization Those who have read one or more of Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble’s previously published books (..)

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 3, 2022

Earlier this summer brought the release of the new book, HBR At 100 , a commemorative volume featuring the most influential ideas since the inception of the Harvard Business Review. Thank you to the book’s publisher for sending me an advance copy of the book.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 8, 2011

Harvard Business Review on INSPIRING & EXECUTING INNOVATION Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How to create and then deliver new or better products and services This is one of the volumes in a series of anthologies of articles that first appeared in HBR.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 10, 2023

Navigating Workplace Gossip, Better Meetings, Know-it-Alls, Passive Aggressive Co-workers, and More… It’s that time of year when we pause to review what you’re reading here on Let’s Grow Leaders. If your company doesn’t require mid-year reviews, do them anyway. Great Mid-Year Review Questions (and Video) 2.

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LDRLB

MARCH 14, 2012

Drawing inspiration from the human genome project, Kates asserts that leaders need to see their system less as a group of silos and more as a living organism, which DNA that can be broken down into six basic elements: Product and service innovation. Customer impact. Process design. Talent and leadership. Secret sauce. Trendability.

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