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Book Review: A.L.I.E.N. Thinking

Jeffrey Phillips

As you may know, as a noted (ahem) blogger and voracious reader, I am sometimes asked to review books on strategy and innovation. Even after choosing some books to review, I often find myself asking - did the book actually meet my criteria? All this in advance of a book I want to like, but struggle to review, entitled A.L.I.E.N.

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Ambidextrous organisations: Where innovation should sit in an organisation

Idea to Value

As Steve Blank puts it in his foreword to O’Reilly and Tushman’s latest book on the subject: Lead and Disrupt: How to Solve the Innovator’s Dilemma: Exploitation pays your salary while exploration pays your pension. Option 2: Innovation teams within each company brand / product unit. Companies that survive do both.

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The basket of bad ideas scenario

Jeffrey Phillips

This is what you get when you scour the back catalogues of comic books, looking for ways to extend the franchise just a bit more. A good movie, The Big Short, noted that this same philosophy, mixing up a number of bad loans into a new package, is what caused the sub-prime lending disaster. But I'm sure there's more coming.

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Crafting the Path to Success: Designing Leadership Team Offsites for Strategic Planning Triumph

Leapfrogging

Setting the Stage for Success Importance of Leadership Team Offsites Leadership team offsites play a pivotal role in shaping the future of an organization. By stepping away from daily operations, you and your team can focus on long-term goals, engage in deep discussions, and forge stronger bonds.

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Development Opportunities for Supervisors: Top 12 Resources & Tools

CMOE

The good news is, there are development opportunities for supervisors that can help you succeed in your role. With the right tools and resources by your side, you will feel more confident in driving your team forward. Supervisors are the linchpin that keeps team members—key contributors of an organization—on track.

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Top 10 Characteristics of High-Performing Teams

CMOE

Top 10 Characteristics of High-Performing Teams. Team Mentality. Outstanding business teams possess positive attributes that enable them to perform at a high level—and sustain that level of performance over years. Why Is Decisiveness Found in High-Performing Teams? Decisiveness. Alignment of Values. Confidence.

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Innovate and Persuade with a Well-Judged Nudge

Destination Innovation

Here are some simple examples: Putting calorie counts on menus encourages people to make healthier choices – salads instead of french fries. The concept was popularised in the influential book, Nudge, by economists, Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler, published in 2008. The social side is important.