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Why Today’s Leaders Need to Be Perpetual Learners

Harvard Business Review

Born to immigrant parents in the Australian outback, he would eventually rise to the top of the corporate world, taking over in 2004 as CEO of Dow Chemical. In this episode of “The New World of Work”, he offers his thoughts on leadership in tough times.

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Self-Righteousness Isn’t A Strategy

Digital Tonto

I first noticed this in the aftermath of the Ukraine’s Orange Revolution in 2004. So we feel the urge to lash out and silence opposition. That almost guarantees a failure to survive victory. Having overcome a falsified election, we were so triumphant that we failed to see the gathering storm.

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Four Transformation Secrets Business Leaders Can Learn from Social and Political Movements

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Greg Satell In 2004, I was managing a major news organization during the Orange Revolution in Ukraine. One of the things I noticed was that thousands of people, who would normally be doing thousands of different things, would stop what they were doing and start doing the same things all at once, […]

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How Networks Power Transformation

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Greg Satell In February 2004, Viacom announced that it would spin off Blockbuster Video into its own independent company, which gave its CEO, John Antioco, the opportunity to begin addressing the disruptive threat emanating from Netflix head on.

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What do Blue Lobsters Have to do With Innovation? Everything!

Mills-Scofield

Blue Lobster at the South Bristol Coop , 2004. One of my clients is doing this with their “Blue Lobster Leadership” program (seriously, that’s the name!). What’s with blue lobsters? Well, a blue lobster is rare, about 1 in 2 million , and very beautiful. Do you want to find some blue lobsters? Are you one?

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What do Blue Lobsters Have to do With Innovation? Everything!

Mills-Scofield

Blue Lobster at the South Bristol Coop , 2004. One of my clients is doing this with their “Blue Lobster Leadership” program (seriously, that’s the name!). What’s with blue lobsters? Well, a blue lobster is rare, about 1 in 2 million , and very beautiful. Do you want to find some blue lobsters? Are you one?

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World Leader in Fleet Management and Telematics Enters the US Market

BPI Thought Leadership Commentary

& & & & & & Launched in 2004 as a stolen vehicle tracking and recovery service in South Africa, Cartrack has since leveraged its pioneering GS.