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Guest Post from Pete Foley
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In this blog, I return and expand on a paradox that has concerned me for some time. Are we getting too good at innovation, and is it in danger of getting out of control? That may seem like a strange question for an innovator to ask. But innovation has always been a two edged sword. It brings huge benefits, but also ...
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Guest Post from David Burkus
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Leadership is about relationships. And the cornerstone of just about every relationship is respect. When employees feel respected, they are more engaged, motivated, and productive. But many managers struggle to ...
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Guest Post from Mike Shipulski
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What it takes to do new work: Confidence to get it wrong and confidence to do it early and often. Purposeful misuse of worst practices in a way that makes them the right practices.
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Guest Post from Robyn Bolton
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Paul Graham, cofounder of Y Combinator, was so inspired by a speech by Airbnb cofounder and CEO that he wrote an essay about well-intentioned advice that, to scale a business, founders must shift modes and become managers. It went viral.
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Guest Post from Shep Hyken |
Necessity is the mother of invention. In 2003, Marton Anka, the founder of LogMeIn, now GoTo, spent three hours a day in Budapest crossing a bridge between Buda and Pest, the two halves of Hungary’s capital. He hated the “downtime,” so he invented remote access to a server so he could ...
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Guest Post from Greg Satell |
Over the past several decades, innovation has become largely synonymous with digital technology. When the topic of innovation comes up, somebody points to a company like Apple, Google or Meta rather than, say, a car company, a hotel or a restaurant. Management gurus wax poetically about the “Silicon Valley way.”
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