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Soren Kaplan’s April 2015 Leapfrogging Newsletter

Leapfrogging

The Secret To Learning is the Reverse of Conventional Wisdom. 175k Innovation Prize 2015 – Deadline April 30, 2015. Global Millennial Conference 2015 – May 15, 2015, Columbus, OH. Social Innovation Summit 2015 – June 11-12, Washington, DC. Must-Reads from around the web.

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2015 Roundup for Eddielogic.com and Themanager.org

Eddielogic

Besides that, some of my current writings have become popular too: Popular articles at Eddielogic.com in 2015. which is a 2015 update of an older post from 2012. A more topical post that is very popular is my critique of the strategy that Deutsche Bank announced in April 2015. The workshop from hell and what I learned.

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You do not need to be completely original in order to be creative

Idea to Value

In certain fields, like doctoral students looking for research topics to investigate and write about, a study in 2015 showed that the perceived need to be original causes significant burdens and limits on people. Sometimes, this fear of coming across as your idea being a copy of what has come before it can paralyse people with fear.

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How Has Innovation Created a Private Space Race?

IdeaScale

At the same time, governments were trying to learn how to wage a “cold” war, a fight more about diplomacy and ideology than physical combat. In December 2015, SpaceX landed its first reusable first stage of an orbital rocket. Ready to learn from the space race? Learn how great teams create great ideas.

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Innovation 2015 or Five Lame Excuses?

Gregg Fraley

Now is the time to impact 2015. I don’t know how to do innovation — start a project and learn as you go! Here’s the thing, like the inept and psychologically damaged journalist Jimmy Olsen, even a dysfunctional company that heretofore hasn’t managed to get innovation going can start now.

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5 Leadership Lessons from 2015’s Business Headlines

Adam Hartung

2015 was not short on bad decisions, nor bad outcomes. But there are 5 major leadership themes from 2015 that can help companies be better in 2016: 1 – Cost cutting, restructurings and stock buybacks do not increase company value – Dow/DuPont. Because of McDonald’s size and legacy the media covered this story heavily in 2015.

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Summaries of the 50 Best Business Books

Destination Innovation

Just imagine all the insights and lessons you would have learned and how that would have helped you in your business career. Would you like to have read the best 50 books on sales, marketing, leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship and self-improvement? But how much time would it have taken?