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Summaries of the 50 Best Business Books

Destination Innovation

Would you like to have read the best 50 books on sales, marketing, leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship and self-improvement? 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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Strategic foresight: learning from Steve Jobs

Norbert Bol

Paul Ricoeur developed a theory about narrative and time (see figure 1) to explain how we can build a coherent stories learning from the past, the present and the future. Joining partnership with Microsoft, made it possible for Apple to expand and diversify its markets and improve their products. Concluding in this speech, Jobs.

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How Effective Leadership Skills Foster Strong, High-Performing Teams 

Brunner

It’s all about the ‘test, learn, and optimize’ philosophy — you need to make informed decisions, learn quickly, and be ready to pivot if necessary. It may not always be perfect, but the key is to learn from it and adapt as a group, moving forward together. com) in 2011. com) in 2011.

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Why We Are Entering A New Innovation Era.

Paul Hobcraft

Increasingly we are seeing a growing dissatisfaction on the impact that innovation is having; in growth, in returns, in market and customer impact. Posted on September 21, 2011. Posted on August 26, 2011. Posted on July 27, 2011. Posted on July 22, 2011. Learning to absorb new knowledge for innovation.

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Learning to be Innovative – Future Building’s Crucial Role in Driving Innovation Impact

Imaginatik

Nearly all of their brands were struggling with stagnant or declining market share. An obvious example is a clue from 2011 – the public launch of Uber’s ride-sharing program in San Francisco. At most large corporations, if there’s a groundbreaking new technology or market trend, someone is aware of it.

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Business Model Innovation Basics Series - Part 2: Why Business Model Innovation Matters

The BMI Lab Blog

Learnings from sports competitions Competition in business is similar to sports competitions – there are winners and losers. They have lost their capabilities of marketing their former innovative strengths and have failed to adapt their business models to the changing environment. “

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Micromanaging higher ed won’t help students

Christensen Institute

As online learning has grown at public and nonprofit private schools, the light has shone brighter on these OPMs, which do everything from market research and instructional design to marketing, recruitment, and student support. Fast forward to the GAO report. It found no evidence of OPMs engaging in improper activity.