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The most important skills that Google looks for when hiring

First Friday Book Synopsis

When conducting research for his latest book, Creating Innovators, Tony Wagner interviewed hundreds of thought leaders in creativity, innovation, and talent management. One of them is Judy Gilbert, director of Talent at Google. Here’s what Gilbert has to say: [.].

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Are you a Scientist or an Engineer? Things to think about.

Mike Cardus

In what ways might I serve to create a bridge for teams and managers to understand their view and use that to achieve results? When working one on one coaching a manager through successes, challenges and workable goals , how would I illustrate humbleness while being arrogant to have the conviction to develop the needed knowledge?

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Posts from Top Leadership Bloggers

Michael Lee Stallard

Bret Simmons takes us into sudden death overtime as we reflect on the importance of self management in leaders: Prudence: An Undervalued Virtue of Leadership. Gwyn Teatro of You’re Not The Boss of Me plays quarterback as she leads discussion of the next play in the huddle with Managing and Leading….Lessons is hiring.

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Negotiating Innovation and Control

Harvard Business Review

The other day I had coffee with a friend who was complaining about her company's ability to innovate. While Govindarajan and Trimble's guidance makes sense at a high level, coloring in the details related to portfolio management, decision making, and managing distinct cultures presents challenges.

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Innovate Faster or Innovate Better?

Harvard Business Review

Yale School of Management Professor Dick Foster notes that a single firm cannot innovate faster than the market in which it participates. A large company just can't innovate faster than the market. But a large company can innovate better than the market. And the odds are pretty high that she is going to lose. Why is that?

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Three Year-End Innovation Takeaways from Asia

Harvard Business Review

I've also had the chance to experience the world of venture capital investing through the small fund that our team in Singapore manages on behalf of the Singapore government. I argued a few months ago that the innovation axis was shifting from the West to the East. Innovation has never been more accessible.

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Kodak and the Brutal Difficulty of Transformation

Harvard Business Review

The engineer behind that project, Steve Sasson, offered a memorable one-liner to the New York Times in 2008 when he said management's reaction to his prototype was, "That's cute — but don't tell anyone about it.". This is the title of the first day of the 28-day training program in the back of The Little Black Book of Innovation.

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