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3 Factors Inventors Share: How to Change the World

Leading Blog

When I looked back into history to track the origins of some of the everyday innovations we take for granted today, I found that every inventor tended to embody some or all of these same traits. Marconi companies in other countries would dominate wireless transmissions for twenty years. It's a good time to innovate. * * * Peter H.

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Employee Growth: How to Better Support Team Member Development

Let's Grow Leaders

When I read Whitney’s new book, I was struck by how her model reflected my own journey of taking the leap from Verizon Wireless executive to entrepreneur. The first decade of my career (and all my formal education) was about leadership development and communication. Their questions can lead to innovation.

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The Coming of the Clairvoyant Computer

Leading Blog

The leading career-focused social network, LinkedIn, predicts your job skills. At Stanford University, a machine learned to diagnose breast cancer better than human doctors by discovering an innovative method that considers a greater number of factors in a tissue sample. The system grades as accurately as human graders.

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How to Compete Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders

Skip Prichard

Innovation Capital. And one of the most overlooked reasons for entrepreneurial failure is innovation capital. That’s why I enjoyed talking with Jeff Dyer who, along with Nathan Furr and Curtis Lefrandt, wrote a new book, Innovation Capital: How to Compete and Win Like the World’s Innovative Leaders. Satya Nadella.

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Are We Really Prepared for a More Automated Future?

Lead Change Blog

Things we take for granted today as can’t-live-without mostly existed for quite some time before demand caught up: robotics; the Web; graphical design software; computerized motor engines; online banking; the smart phone; and wireless broadband devices are just a few.

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Five Ways to Ruin Your Innovation Process

Harvard Business Review

Most companies sabotage their own innovation processes without meaning to. Innovation is episodic. We've all seen this movie: A few people in the organization have a burning desire to foster more innovation, or a different kind of innovation, so they invent a new process. It's easy to ax innovation. What to do?

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The Innovation Mismatch: "Smart Capital" and Education Innovation

Harvard Business Review

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. One of the most poignant summaries of the market for innovative technology solutions in education is that it is forever in its infancy.