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To the Boss: Go Suck an Egg (an example of innovation and creativity)

Saturday, January 19, 2013

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So many workshops and articles on innovation and creativity fail to get across the simplest idea of how it works. A challenge in cooking may seem a silly topic, but it is instructive. Cooks often need egg yolks and egg whites separated and separated in a hurry. Too often, the manual approach results in yolk […]

Profit Pools — A Literal Opportunity in This Economy

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

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A recent NRDC environmental report pleaded with urban dwellers to use more durable umbrellas. Apparently, thousands of umbrellas break and are discarded each and every time it rains in major cities and these end up in landfills. Catherine Charlot’s innovative initiative in capitalizing (literally) on this profit pool (pun intended) was the subject of Alisa […]

What Made jack welch JACK WELCH

How Ordinary People Become
Extraordinary Leaders

by Stephen H. Baum (Random House)

Most leaders of American companies started out as ordinary people. What prepared them for the top job?

Countless more ordinary people of equal talent never developed the leadership core required to run the show. Why not?

"Lessons for life about the core leadership traits of character, risk taking decisiveness and the ability to engage and inspire followers."
--Jim Clifton, CEO, The Gallup Organization

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