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Revealing Leadership Insights From Thinkers50

Tanveer Naseer

From blue ocean strategy to Michael Porter’s five forces, Vijay Govindarajan’s reverse innovation to Richard D’Aveni’s hypercompetition, great thinkers and their ideas directly effect how companies are run and how business people think about and practice business. Think of Peter Drucker who topped the first Thinkers50 ranking in 2001.

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Creative Strategies for Recruiting Talent During a Labor Shortage

Harvard Business Review

The growing challenge of labor shortages across various industries has highlighted the need for innovative recruitment approaches to bridge the gap between job openings and the available workforce.

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Use Jugaad to Innovate Faster, Cheaper, Better

Harvard Business Review

We recently attended the World Economic Forum's India Economic Summit 2011 in Mumbai, where we moderated several panels and workshops on the topic of innovation. The experience gave us some insights into a unique approach to innovation called jugaad , which entrepreneurs and enterprises are practicing in complex emerging markets like India.

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Frugal Innovation: Lessons from Carlos Ghosn, CEO, Renault-Nissan

Harvard Business Review

He was impressed by Indian engineers' ability to innovate cost-effectively and quickly under severe resource constraints. Recently, in New York, we participated in a panel discussion organized by the Asia Society called " Jugaad Innovation: Reigniting American Ingenuity " (you can watch a video here ).

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Why WikiLeaks Matters More (And Less) than You Think

Harvard Business Review

And unfortunately, it's also one of the most in need of radical institutional innovation. My guess is that, like updating GDP for the 21st century, real-time corporate reporting could create new markets, companies, and much-needed jobs. But to the newcomers, let me explain what I mean. Now let's go back to the much-maligned WikiLeaks.

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We All Work at Enron Now

Harvard Business Review

Incentives shape human behavior — and overcounting benefits and undercounting costs is a surefire way to blunt our incentives to innovate, to take on ambitious goals, and create real value. Innovation atrophy. Markets would fail at allocating capital — and misallocate and malinvest it in low-worth stuff instead.

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How Successful Virtual Teams Collaborate

Harvard Business Review

Collaborative activity is the "secret sauce" that enables teams to come up with innovative new products or creative, buzz-worthy marketing campaigns. Many managers have been fearful of using social media beyond marketing purposes. — can play a huge role in doing so. But that would just restrict the group's collaboration.

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