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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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Walmart: How an Innovator in Arkansas Continues to Change our World

IdeaScale

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, an unlikely corporation spearheaded the relief effort. In 2005, the company’s CEO decided to set the company on a path to becoming completely green, with no waste and the stores running on renewable power. The innovative spirit of Sam Walton still lingers as the company forges ahead.

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Change Caused By Innovation

Phil McKinney

As a result of some digital spring cleaning I was doing, I found and was listening to old shows from 2005 – the first year of my podcast. Honestly, given what I know now, I wish could have re-written and re-recorded them. The technology and tools now available to podcasters are far superior to what […].

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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. Projects that would fundamentally change the company, and take them into the future. 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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It’s Not Enough to Drive Change, You Also Have to Survive Victory

Innovation Excellence

He moved quickly to meet the threat posed by Netflix head on, launching Blockbuster Online in 2004 and, after successfully testing the concept in a few markets, ending late fees in early 2005. Still, not.

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Lateral Thinking in the Fight Against Crime. The Northern Bank Robbery Story.

Destination Innovation

The first of these new notes entered circulation in March 2005. Anyone holding old bank notes had to bring them in to be changed – and that is a big problem if you are holding millions of stolen banknotes. It reissued new notes in different colours with a new logo and new serial numbers.

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What impact does time pressure have on creativity?

Idea to Value

At the same time, there is no shortage of stories of people, teams and companies succeeding under tremendous time pressure to come up with game-changing ideas to solve a problem, produce a piece of art or breakthrough new product.