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The Innovative Mentor

IdeaScale

Mentors see themselves as people developers. A manager would work with them to develop the business case. This allowed the engineers to focus on the technical side of the equation where they felt most comfortable while gradually building their pitching and business skills. The M entor Role in I nnovation .

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Business Model Innovation Basics Series - Part 2: Why Business Model Innovation Matters

The BMI Lab Blog

Let’s take a look at how the British cycling team went from zero Tour de France victories and ninety-five years without any Olympic medal by 2003 to sixty-six Olympic or Paralympic gold medals and five Tour de France victories between 2007 and 2017 (Clear, 2018). Harvard Business Review. MIT Sloan Management Review.

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11 Books Every Young Leader Must Read

Harvard Business Review

Reading has a host of benefits for those who wish to occupy positions of leadership and develop into more relaxed, empathetic, and well-rounded people. Marcus Aurelius, The Emperor's Handbook. Christensen, The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail. Recently, I wrote that leaders should be readers.

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11 Books Every Young Leader Must Read

Harvard Business Review

Reading has a host of benefits for those who wish to occupy positions of leadership and develop into more relaxed, empathetic, and well-rounded people. Marcus Aurelius, The Emperor's Handbook. Christensen, The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail. Recently, I wrote that leaders should be readers.

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The Unimportance of Practically Everything

Harvard Business Review

It's so bad that he tried having his Executive Assistant pull all of the internet cables on his computer. In The Quality Control Handbook , Juran called it "The Law of the Vital Few." Indeed, I just received an email from an executive about a member of his team who has a particular tendency to want to do everything.

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What to Do When Your Boss Says No

Harvard Business Review

He lacked the high-tech gear or superpowers of typical action heroes. We haven’t developed skills in resourcefulness. Ethan talked about all the times he’d been told no in his career: on plans to merchandise products, sophisticated inventory control systems, and basic training handbooks.

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“Government Entrepreneur” is Not an Oxymoron

Harvard Business Review

They are using sensors to detect potholes ; word pedometers to help students learn; harnessing behavioral economics to encourage organ donation ; crowdsourcing patent review ; and transforming Medellin, Colombia with cable cars. Of course, that’s not all bad. They are coding in civic hackathons and competing in the Bloomberg challenge.