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Roger Martin

CEO Blog

Roger Martin, Dean of Rotman School of Business spoke at World Innovation Forum (#WIF11). I know Roger and have read most of his books. He certainly is an innovative and deep thinker. The worst killer of innovation is the phrase "prove it". I even have one on my desk waiting to be read now.

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First Look: Leadership Books for December 2018

Leading Blog

Master Your Mind : Counterintuitive Strategies to Refocus and Re-Energize Your Runaway Brain by Roger Seip and Robb Zbierski. Ninja Future : Secrets to Success in the New World of Innovation by Gary Shapiro. Great Mondays : How to Design a Company Culture Employees Love by Josh Levine. The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek.

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14 Leadership Experts Reflect on Humor and Fun: A Frontline Festival

Let's Grow Leaders

” - Will Rogers. Sepetember’s Frontline Festival is about Bold and Innovative Leadership. Our August Festival is all about Humor in the Workplace. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vixwerx for the great pic. “Everything is funny, as long as it’s happening to somebody else.” Humor and Leadership. Eisenhower.

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The Einstellung Effect: Unlocking Your Potential To Deliver Breakthrough Success

Rich Gee Group

The 4-Minute Mile Roger Bannister, the first person to run a mile in under four minutes, is a classic example of overcoming mental barriers and the Einstellung Effect. This innovative approach was in stark contrast to the conventional training methods of the era, which had repeatedly failed to break the four-minute barrier.

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Choose Change!

Lead Change Blog

In this post I focus on one point: selecting the right change ambassadors using Rogersinnovation theory. ” Innovators are typically poor ambassadors. If you think you should target the innovators to be your change ambassadors, think again. If the change is good, the early innovator will come along anyway.

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Leaders: Where Are Your Best Ideas Born? The Power Of Incubation

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Roger L. Dr. Roger Firestien has taught more people to lead the creative process than anyone else in the world. Firestien, PhD : I’d bet you a hundred dollars that you don’t get your best ideas at work. At work, most of us are in implementation mode. Action mode. Make-it-happen mode.

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Heroic Leaders and Passive Followers

Leading Blog

Roger Martin calls it the responsibility virus and it always begins with the germ of fear. In an article for the Stanford Innovation Review , Martin writes: “Take-charge leadership misapplied not only fails to inspire and engage, it produces passivity and alienation. Fear of failure drives them into an initial extreme position.

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