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First Look: Leadership Books for July 2020

Leading Blog

Before Silicon Valley disrupted the world with new technologies and business models, America’s industrial giants paved the way. Companies like General Electric, United Technologies, and Caterpillar were the Google and Amazon of their day, setting gold standards in innovation, growth, and profitability.

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Successful Leadership Today: What to Do Now

Mark Sanborn

George Bernard Shaw said, “Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. Here are ten things you need to do and develop as essential skills: 1. Whether a change in technology you must adopt to keep up or an economic circumstance, a force outside the leader’s control has created the need for change.

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Successful Leadership Today: What to Do Now

Mark Sanborn

George Bernard Shaw said, “Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. Here are ten things you need to do and develop as essential skills: 1. Whether a change in technology you must adopt to keep up or an economic circumstance, a force outside the leader’s control has created the need for change.

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Would You Rather be Revolutionary or Evolutionary?

Harvard Business Review

Suppose you were alive in 1884 and were approached by an aspiring entrepreneur who had developed the most efficient and durable horse carriage ever created. innovators. Innovators, however, can either be linear or non-linear. Would you invest in this company? entrepreneurs. these terms are often used interchangeably.

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India's Decade of Collaboration

Harvard Business Review

On recent visits to India, we have found that "innovation" is the buzzword on everybody's lips. President Pratibha Patil has even declared 2010-2020 as India's " Decade of Innovation." Biocon is one Indian company that is adapting well to this new global reality by embracing a polycentric innovation model.

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What’s the Purpose of Companies in the Age of AI?

Harvard Business Review

Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and computer technology are causing us to think again about some really basic questions: what is a firm? And as computer technology simplifies and reduces transaction costs further, it is these other things that firms do uniquely well that will come more to the forefront.