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Leadership Lessons in Classlessness and Class

Next Level Blog

Apparently, Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert thought the same thing because it wasn’t long before he had posted a scathing open letter to the Cavs’ fans on the team’s official web site. In contrast to the seedy and classless drama engineered by James and Gilbert, this weekend marked the passing of Bob Sheppard.

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October Leadership Development Carnival: Autumn Fun Edition

Persuasive Powerhouse

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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How to Develop A Success Mindset

Skip Prichard

Gilbert Keith Chesterton. He readily admits that during the first half of his career, he operated with an inward mindset. When we have these desires we are able to operate in a more emotionally intelligent way, leading to greater organization advancement. How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.”

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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.". Gilbert's HBR article with Joseph Bauer that also discusses Kodak is available here. This is hard stuff.

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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. There are some things that only large companies can do, because they have unique assets like technology, channel relationships, relationships with regulators, scale operations, and so on.

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How Smart Cities Save Money (and the Planet)

Harvard Business Review

The department is now able to share information with neighboring cities like Chandler, Gilbert, Tempe, and almost 50 other cities throughout the state of Arizona, essentially tearing down those invisible barriers. Cities can manage traffic using variable toll pricing.

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Kodak’s Downfall Wasn’t About Technology

Harvard Business Review

Sasson himself told The New York Times that management’s response to his digital camera was “that’s cute – but don’t tell anyone about it.” Today the company has annual revenues above $20 billion, competes in healthcare and electronics operations and derives significant revenues from document solutions.