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Future-Centered Design: How to Turn Great Ideas into Action Plans

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Southwest Airlines has a notable history with both intrapreneurship and solving both internal and external company pain points creatively. But at Southwest Airlines, an internal employee named Marty Cobbs decided to take passengers by surprise by livening up the safety instructions with humor.

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The Dangers of Legacy Thinking

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For example, Delta Airlines’ entire fleet in the United States was temporarily grounded because of computer problems—the second shutdown over a period of six months also shutting down the carrier’s website and mobile apps. Overcoming legacy thinking doesn’t mandate erasing every strategy, idea or leadership concept you ever used in the past.

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Why CEOs have Liberal Arts Degrees

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They are leading global airline, chemical, healthcare, pharmaceutical, and financial companies, among others. She is now the core programming director for the Brown Entrepreneurship Program and Head of Design for The Intercollegiate Finance Journal. Let's hear it from her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.