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How To Compete In A New Era Of Innovation

Digital Tonto

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Summaries of the 50 Best Business Books

Destination Innovation

This is the list of sections and book summaries: Alltime Classics How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie – 1936 Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill – 1937 The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale – 1952 The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson – 1981 In Search of Excellence (..)

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How Tony’s Chocolonely Created a Purpose-Driven (and Profitable) Supply Chain

Harvard Business Review

In this article, the authors look at the experience of Tony’s Chocolonely, a Dutch chocolate brand founded in 2005, which set itself a mission to sell 100% slavery-free chocolate. In the cocoa industry, for example, the average farmer cultivates between three and five hectares to earn less than two dollars a day.

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Can creativity training really improve your creativity?

Idea to Value

Here are some of the noteworthy results: A 1978 study showed that creativity training can be highly successful A 1984 meta-analysis of 46 studies showed that around 22% of variance in creative performance could be attributed to creativity training A 2004 meta-analysis of 70 previous studies showed that creativity training was effective in improving (..)

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The Green Living Guy Talks Electric Vehicles

Business and Tech

Leitman, an electric vehicle expert and president of the Greater Hudson Valley Electric Auto Association, has been known as the Green Living Guy since 2005, when he began his media empire focused on sustainability. “I “Also, people listening to me — I mean that.”. Living green. I believed in solar and wind but knew I needed to do more.

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What is ‘True Creativity’? (part 2 of 5)

Idea to Value

You see, back in 2005 I started work with one of the largest management consulting firms in the world. And that you could get a sneak preview of what was coming up by registering here for free. I’m making good progress for the 24th of Feb reveal date, but today I wanted to take you back in time to show you where it all began.

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Competing in a New Era of Innovation

Innovation Excellence

So people took notice when economist Paul Krugman wrote that “by 2005 or so, … Continue reading → GUEST POST from Greg Satell In 1998, the dotcom craze was going at full steam and it seemed like the entire world was turning upside down.