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Where to Find Authentic Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

I still remember when Steve Jobs was featured in business school case studies as an example of bad leadership style. But unlike most Japanese innovations, it did not come from a big established firm. When things go poorly for a nonconformist, how easy it is to call them the fool. Noura Al Kaabi.

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The Economy of Punishment

Harvard Business Review

And relatedly, how do we recognize a black-market innovator who may have all the talent of a Richard Branson or a Jay-Z, but lacks the opportunities for a leg-up in the formal economy? Many gangsters are natural born innovators with restricted economic opportunities. As Gary joked, "You can't even see bad under the microscope.

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The Core Incompetencies of the Corporation

Harvard Business Review

Deep change, when it happens, is belated and convulsive, and typically requires an overhaul of the leadership team. Despite their resource advantages, incumbents are seldom the authors of game-changing innovation. We will fail to make innovation an instinctual and intrinsic capability.