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(4 of 7) Innovation Leadership
By Porchlight
(from James Andrew, author of Payback) Successful innovators manage the process – but that’s not all they do. Companies that are best at innovation are the ones that organize to support it. That can mean many things.
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(3 of 7) Cash, Cash Traps and the Cash Curve by Rebecca
By Porchlight
(from James Andrew, author of Payback) It’s all about the cash. And the only role of innovation, ultimately, is to generate cash. The problem with many innovation projects is that they quickly become cash traps.
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(2 of 7) Payback: Making Innovation Pay Off by Rebecca
By Porchlight
(from James Andrew, author of Payback) Payback is the result of a simple insight – we saw that innovation matters to leaders, and we saw that it isn’t working. It isn’t working because leaders don’t recognize innovation for what it is – the process of transforming knowledge into profitable growth. They romanticize it, fall in love with ideas, and think that the critical test of innovation is whether they’re generating enough of “big” ideas.
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(1 of 7) Glad to Be Here... and Thanks to Jack and Todd
By Porchlight
Welcome to a day of blogging with James Andrew, co-author of Payback: Reaping the Rewards of Innovation! Glad to Be Here… and Thanks to Jack and Todd First off, I want to thank Jack and Todd for inviting me to the blog-fest here at 800-CEO-Read. I spend my days taking a hard look at innovation – my Boston Consulting Group colleague Hal Sirkin and I wrote Payback: Reaping the Rewards of Innovation to blow up innovation myths and help leaders innovate in ways that really drive their business.
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links for 2007-06-12 by 800-CEO-READ
By Porchlight
links for 2007-06-12 by 800-CEO-READ Unstoppable >> BusinessWeek | Know When To Shift Gears "What more could the man possibly have to say about exploiting your main assets? Quite a lot, it turns out. .
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2007 Quill Nominees
By Porchlight
2007 Quill Nominees by Kate At BEA, the 2007 Quill Award nominees were announced. What titles were eligible? Eligible titles for the 2007 Quill Awards were those published between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007.
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What Publishers Are Saying Readers Want
By Porchlight
What Publishers Are Saying Readers Want by Todd S. It is always interesting to hear what publishers think readers are looking for. Publishers Weekly runs a feature each year on the trends in business books.
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links for 2007-06-08 by 800-CEO-READ
By Porchlight
links for 2007-06-08 by 800-CEO-READ A Culture of Improvement>>The Wall Street Journal | The March of the Machines Key inventions were often "preceded by similar machines that incorporated most if not all of the principles of the famous devices," he writes. "Too often the existence of a key patent or the success of a manufacturing enterprise has diverted attention fro (tags: businessbooks technology) Crazy Bosses >> Fortune | Employees Are Crazy Too Bosses aren't the only looneys in the workplace. Fortune's Stanley Bing outlines six things employees do that drive their employers nuts.
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A New Angle on Adding Value
By Porchlight
Most companies fail to add value to their business units. Typically, they end up choosing between improving performance vertically, by giving their business units greater autonomy, or doing so horizontally, by increasing centralization. To achieve greater performance, managers should focus on strengthening their company's diagonal value.
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The 'New Age' of Leadership: The Power and Practices of Maturity
By Porchlight
What do Warren Buffett and Rupert Murdock have in common with Titian and Bach? Just as artistic skill is honed over years of hard work and many a masterpiece was created late in an artist's life, these Late-Style leaders are rejuvenating leadership instead of handing off their power.
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