Business Innovation

Catalyze collaboration, drive innovation, transform your organization - with Boundary Spanning Leadership, you can put it all together! We live in a world of vast collaborative potential. Yet all too often, powerful boundaries create barriers that can splinter groups. And this can lead to uninspiring results. To transform borders into frontiers in today's global, multistakeholder organizations, you need Boundary Spanning Leadership.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the new electricity of our times. It is revolutionizing industries the world over, and changing how we fundamentally view and understand work. Superhuman Innovation argues that AI will supercharge the workforce and the world of work, can be harnessed to deliver powerful change to how companies innovate and gain competitive advantage. It is a practical guide to how AI and Machine Learning are impacting not only how businesses, brands, and agencies innovate, but also what they innovate: products, services and content.

Changemakers is an essential playbook for designers and nondesigners who want to drive change at work, at home, and in their communities. Groundbreaking designers Maria Giudice and Christopher Ireland-armed with insights from some of today's top minds in business, tech, and social justice-offer a pragmatic, people-centered approach to change.

Leadership and Innovation: Navigating Business Success" is a comprehensive guide designed for entrepreneurs, business owners, and aspiring leaders seeking to forge a path to success in the competitive world of business. This ebook delves into the core principles of effective leadership and the critical role of innovation in driving business growth and sustainability. Through insightful chapters, practical strategies, and inspiring case studies, readers will learn how to cultivate a visionary leadership style, foster an innovation-driven culture, and implement actionable plans to achieve ...

In conversation with social entrepreneur Badr Jafar, philanthropic leaders including Bill Gates, Baroness Valerie Amos, Kristalina Georgieva, David Miliband, Razan Al Mubarak and many more discuss their hopes and priorities for the world of today and tomorrow. Their insights shed new light on the increasingly important role that strategic philanthropy is playing in helping to address some of the world’s greatest challenges.

En estos días, es fácil centrarse en lo negativo. La propagación del COVID-19 está teniendo un efecto devastador en las economías de los países y la salud de sus ciudadanos. El aspecto novedoso de esta pandemia involucra varias incógnitas y es probable que tenga un impacto persistente durante los próximos años. Sin embargo, a pesar del clima actual, me consuela un poco que la historia de las pandemias y crisis pasadas sugiera un eventual plan de recuperación para el mundo.

In Seeding Innovation: The Path to Profit and Purpose in the 21st Century, veteran entrepreneur, award winning author, global strategist, speaker, and Rice University Innovation and Entrepreneurship professor, Robyn O’Brien, delivers an insightful and data driven roadmap to authenticity and smart leadership in the face of accelerating technological, environmental, and social change.

Is your life’s purpose fulfilled at work? You only live your life once and you spend most of your precious time at work. That’s why the company you work for determines your life’s purpose and that’s why it ought to be a great one! How can you tell? Regardless of your function, this book will help you. This book is the second in the Excellence in Business Leadership series and covers the functions of both well run great and poorly run suboptimal companies. Functions of Excellence shows the great versus suboptimal contrast through the eyes of four employees, four friends you'll get to...

In The Two But Rule: Turn Negative Thinking Into Positive Solutions veteran tech innovator John Wolpert delivers an exciting hands-on guide to using the principles of Momentum Thinking to get you—and your organization—unstuck. You'll learn how to build unstoppable velocity for your big idea, product, or strategy as you blast through the endless objections and counterarguments that bedevil every innovator and changemaker.

Discover the roadmap to the future of business with "Navigating Tomorrow's Commerce," a compelling digital guidebook designed to steer readers through the ever-evolving landscape of modern companies. Embark on a journey through the twenty critical areas of transformation that are shaping the pulse of trade and industry. This insightful eBook meticulously elucidates the ever-tightening alliance between technology and commerce. Grasp the transformative concepts of autonomous business models in the opening chapter, delving into the profound implications of machine learning and its impact on ...

Based on years of solid neuroscience, quantum mechanics, complex systems theory, social science and leadership research, The New Science of Radical Innovation: The Six Competencies Leaders Need to Win in a Complex World demonstrates the ins and outs of the leadership competencies you need to jump-start and sustain radical innovation in your organization, leading to success and the results you want.

Tanto si eres un profesional experimentado, un líder visionario como un estudiante ambicioso, este libro te ofrece un viaje inspirador, lleno de ideas y estrategias para navegar por los retos de un panorama empresarial en constante transformación.

Paul Falcone, author of 101 Sample Write Ups for Documenting Employee Performance Problems and renowned HR and leadership expert, breaks down the best practices for progressive employee discipline and structured terminations into easy-to-understand steps that will help you avoid common legal and ethical pitfalls.

NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Fran Tarkenton is a friend of failure. In the 1970s, he brought the Minnesota Vikings to the Superbowl three times - and three times his team was crushed. The first two companies he founded both quickly folded. But by learning how to deal with defeat, Tarkenton discovered the key to success.

As an innovator in a large company working hard to drive growth and deliver products consumers love, your size is an advantage—one that you can leverage for incredible results. But when it comes to innovation, you can’t rely on big-company strength alone. Between your company’s capabilities and the entrepreneurial ethos underscoring every successful startup lies the sweet spot for disruptive innovation, and the key to unlocking exponential growth.

Unleash the full potential of your business with "Scale Wise," the ultimate guide to navigating the intricate world of business scaling. Whether you're a budding entrepreneur or a seasoned executive, this book offers invaluable insights into understanding and mastering the art of scaling operations. Dive into an illuminating journey through the core of business models, starting with small-scale operations, to the grandeur of large-scale enterprises. Each chapter meticulously unfolds the intricacies of different operational scales, empowering you to make informed decisions tailored to your ...

Companies are fighting the wrong battle. The consensus has been to learn the best practices from Big Tech and imitate them. But new paths for growth aren't created by imitation; they're forged by radical differentiation. In Smart Rivals, Harvard Business School professor Feng Zhu and former Bloomberg journalist Bonnie Cao show business leaders how to create new competitive advantages by offering product features and benefits that tech giants and other competitors cannot match.

Four questions drive innovation success. You'll find them in the Value Proposition Matrix. Like the corners of a foundation, starting with four fundamental questions will put your new venture on solid footing. The Value Proposition Matrix explains how to use these questions to sharpen any business idea - be it a new product, service, or model - and chart an efficient path forward. This simple innovation methodology has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs and students, and inspired some of the most respected organizations in the world, including Fortune 500 companies, major hospital systems, ...

TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY ESSENTIALS: A CONCISE GUIDE AND PRIMER An indispensable guide for individuals seeking to gain a comprehensive understanding of the core concepts of technology strategy. The goal of this book is to provide a clear and concise overview of key frameworks and models that are essential for developing effective technology strategies, making it an ideal resource for students, entrepreneurs, and managers. Written in a crisp and easy-to-read format, the book covers a wide range of topics including the technology life cycle, innovation diffusion, disruptive innovation, open ...

What can you learn from the most successful companies in the world? The Capital One Story will help you understand and adopt the competitive strategies, workplace culture, and daily business practices that enabled an unlikely credit card startup to revolutionize the credit industry.