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The Power of the Outsider Mindset

Destination Innovation

Immigrants have been awarded 37% of the Nobel Prizes won by Americans in chemistry, medicine and physics since 2000, according to an analysis by the National Foundation for American Policy. Why are immigrants better than natives when it comes to innovation, invention and entrepreneurship? Many other studies show similar results.

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To Sell an Unconventional Product, Tell a Compelling Story

Harvard Business Review

But research that involved an analysis of quirky products sold by some 7,000 craft entrepreneurs on Etsy suggests that effective storytelling that helps people relate to such offerings can turn them into successes. Selling original or quirky products is often an uphill battle. This article shares three storytelling techniques that work.

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5 Musts of Every Serious Startup: Examples and Analysis

Innovation Excellence

Examples and analysis from Melissa Burns. Innovation is not only about what you do and try to achieve. It is about how you do it in even greater degree. Continue reading →

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How Communities Are Leveraging Technology to Address Racial Equity

IdeaScale

An analysis of cellphone location data by the Boston Globe, for example, found that the city’s history of segregation lingered in where people went during the day. While machine learning and data science were being embraced with enthusiasm, these were reminders that biases were built into data sets and needed to be compensated for.

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Balancing Recognition and Accountability: Leadership in Action

CMOE

In the context of the above sales example, accountability means that team members are responsible for the accuracy of their predictions and the strategies they propose, driving them to be thorough and diligent in their analysis. Guest Author Hazel Raoult is a freelance tech writer and works with PRmention.

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Why Entrepreneurs Start Companies Rather Than Join Them

Steve Blank

But that’s the conclusion of a provocative research paper, Asymmetric Information and Entrepreneurship , that explains a new theory of why some people choose to be entrepreneurs. Overall, when people choose entrepreneurship they earn 7% more than they would have in a corporate job. tend to gravitate toward entrepreneurship.

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Are we doing enough? A blog about education and sustainability

Norbert Bol

In the previous Strategy Blog the importance of education was discussed and I added a poll with the question: “Do you think decision makers educate themselves enough about sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship?” Improving how sustainability reports drive change: a critical discourse analysis. Norbert Bol.