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Summaries of the 50 Best Business Books

Destination Innovation

With this new online Udemy course you can quickly absorb the key ideas and principles in best-selling busines books by watching short video lectures. Just imagine all the insights and lessons you would have learned and how that would have helped you in your business career. But how much time would it have taken?

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Confirmation bias: Looking for information to prove you are right

Idea to Value

A 2001 study also showed that people who have already made a decision (so have a set view or opinion on a subject) will seek out information which confirms this view. So often, they only look for positive signals that there is demand, such as by asking if people “like the idea” (hoping of course that they will say yes).

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The History Of The Killer Questions

Beyond the Obvious

I started writing the Killer Questions when I was in my short-lived “retirement” early in 2001. Over the course of the preceding twenty years I’d seen dozens of highly innovative products and ideas […]. As I relaxed in the Virginian countryside, my mind started to flash back to various experiences I’d had during my working life.

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PCAST Meets to Discuss How Science & Tech Can Drive Innovation

IdeaScale

Overview : Since 2001, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) has drawn on outside scientists, academics, engineers, and others to guide the President on effective policy for boosting innovation and scientific advancement in America.

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Building and Testing The Killer Questions

Beyond the Obvious

I started collecting the Killer Questions when I was in my short-lived “retirement” early in 2001. Over the course of the preceding twenty years I’d seen dozens of highly innovative products and ideas come […].

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Innovating in an Economic Downturn

Innovators Alliance

Apple began its stunning transformation with the iPod in 2001, during the darkest days after the Internet bubble burst. But of course not all of our organizations are as flush with cash as Apple, which gives the company the luxury to invest in creating the future while managing through the uncertainties of the present.

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What Can Your Business Learn About Innovation from Shark Tank Ideas?

IdeaScale

Shark Tank has been around in some form or another since 2001, with the Japanese series “Money Tigers.” It’s highly entertaining, of course, even if you’re not studying innovation. Usually, a dollar amount is set for a small but significant percentage of the company.

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