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On Stupid Ideas

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Seth Godin, Tribes I recently completed The Power of Starting Something Stupid by Richie Norton with Natalie Norton. Community Involvement Self Leadership Commitment government ideas Leadership Development risk Stupid Ideas' As the authors state in the subtitle, starting something stupid is a great way to crush fear, [.].

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10 Books You Should Read This Summer 2023

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Ford by Richard Norton Smith - (April 2023) The Wisdom of the Bullfrog : Leadership Made Simple (But Not Easy) by Admiral William H.

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First Look: Leadership Books for April 2023

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Ford by Richard Norton Smith From the preeminent presidential scholar and acclaimed biographer of historical figures including George Washington, Herbert Hoover, and Nelson Rockefeller comes this eye-opening life of Gerald R. An Ordinary Man : The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R.

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LeadershipNow 140: June 2023 Compilation

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Podcast: @jamesstrock interviews Richard Norton Smith author of An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford If AI Is Reading Your Mind, What Will It Learn?

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The Strategy Book

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The tools include: SWOT analysis, Porter's 5 forces of competition, McKinsey's 7-S framework, BCG’s product portfolio matrix, Kim and Mauborgne's blue ocean, Kaplan and Norton's balanced scorecard, Mintzberg’s deliberate and emergent, Prahalad's bottom of the pyramid and twenty-one more. * * * Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal (..)

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Booknotes: 14 Ideas from The Power of Something Stupid

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Author Richie Norton explains that life-changing ideas are often tragically mislabeled stupid. Understanding the stupid loop, and why innovation is so vitally important, helps you develop the ability to check the pulse of the environment around you and adapt accordingly.”. “If

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The Best Leadership Books of 2023

Leading Blog

Drawing on modern science, ancient wisdom, and daily practice, Stulberg offers concrete principles for developing a mindset called rugged flexibility, along with habits and practices to implement it. Right Kind of Wrong : The Science of Failing Well by Amy C.

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