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Vote Indian Companies: Doing Well Because They Do Good blogs.hbr.org — The idea that what is good for business is good for America seems a distant memory. 2 points, submitted 4 months ago by Nancy Grossbart 1 comment

Vote 'Good' Beats 'Innovative' Nearly Every Time www.businessweek.com — It's clear most companies fail not because of their lack of inventiveness; it's their lack of basic competence. Tags: competance innovation 3 points, submitted 5 months ago by Nancy Grossbart 1 comment

Vote The Mark of a Great Leader blogs.hbr.org — Years ago, most organizations were based on a hierarchical business model of the Industrial Age when leaders were those who were unemotional. Those days are gone. 4 points, submitted 5 months ago by Nancy Grossbart 1 comment

Vote From Do It Yourself to Do It Together blogs.hbr.org — This article, highlighting the move from the long tail of bits to the long tail of atoms; provides an important preview to a new book Chris Anderson is developing. Tags: crowdsourcing Disruptive innovation long tail 5 points, submitted 5 months ago by Nancy Grossbart 1 comment

Vote Real Business Geniuses Don't Pretend To Know Everything blogs.harvardbusiness.org — Great leaders champion new ideas and disruptive points of view — they have vision. But that doesn't mean they have to see the future on their own. Tags: innovation leadership 5 points, submitted 8 months ago by Nancy Grossbart 52 comments

Vote Economic Recovery Inspires Innovation and Frustration www.businessweek.com — Innovation is now front and center on the corporate agenda, according to a global survey we recently conducted with 65 senior executives from diverse industries. Tags: business strategy innovation management 5 points, submitted 8 months ago by Nancy Grossbart 50 comments

Vote Profiting From a Flexible Global Product Design Strategy money.cnn.com — Effectively managed, a "design anywhere" strategy provides an average 15% reduction in development time and a 20% increase in revenue. Tags: product design product development 4 points, submitted 8 months ago by Nancy Grossbart 52 comments

Vote 30 Design Minds on Their Favorite Designs and How Design Should Evolve www.fastcompany.com — Little & Company traveled the world, amassing video interviews with some of the best design minds alive. Tags: Design innovation 6 points, submitted 8 months ago by Nancy Grossbart 52 comments

Vote Innovation as a competitive advantage tinyurl.com — Over the last six or seven years, definitely since about 2003 or 2004, there has been an increased focus on innovation in many businesses. Tags: corporate strategy Design innovation 7 points, submitted 9 months ago by Nancy Grossbart 53 comments

Vote Levels of Sketching | Industrial Design Sketching and Drawing Tutorials www.idsketching.com — The four levels of sketching and communicating a new product. Tags: industrial design product design 6 points, submitted 9 months ago by Nancy Grossbart 36 comments

Vote Now Is Not the Time for Caution www.businessweek.com — In times of economic hardship, businesses are more tempted than ever to batten down the hatches as innovation involves taking a risk with absolutely no guarantee of a payoff. Tags: innovation 6 points, submitted 9 months ago by Nancy Grossbart 54 comments

Vote How Do Innovators Think? blogs.harvardbusiness.org — What makes visionary entrepreneurs such as Apple's Steve Jobs, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Ebay's Pierre Omidyar and Meg Whitman, and P&G's A.G. Lafley tick? Tags: innovation 5 points, submitted 9 months ago by Nancy Grossbart 53 comments

Vote To Change Effectively, Change Just One Thing blogs.harvardbusiness.org — Reduce it to its essence. What's the one thing that will have the greatest impact? Tags: managing yourself 6 points, submitted 9 months ago by Nancy Grossbart 49 comments

Vote Innovation and Quality - Allies or Enemies www.business-strategy-innovation.com — Can quality and creativity cohabit in the same house or are they natural enemies? Can a quality process be applied to innovation? Tags: innovation management organization quality 6 points, submitted 10 months ago by Nancy Grossbart 51 comments

Vote Is Work Taking Over Your Life? blogs.harvardbusiness.org — When I left a large company several years ago to start up my own firm, I imagined a more streamlined life, with less demands on my time... Tags: time management worklife 6 points, submitted 10 months ago by Nancy Grossbart 51 comments

Vote The Great Disappearing Act of Good Design www.fastcompany.com — When a product is so completely and rightly designed, it has aesthetic and functional elements that are clearly stated and obvious. Tags: Design product 7 points, submitted 10 months ago by Nancy Grossbart 312 comments

Vote How 3M Forged a Culture of Collaboration www.businessweek.com — The Post-it company built and nurtured a system in which employees across divisions are encouraged—even expected—to collaborate Tags: Design innovation networking team-building 7 points, submitted 10 months ago by Nancy Grossbart 57 comments

Vote Innovation, Jazz, and Improvisation www.business-strategy-innovation.com — Most businesses are run like classical symphonies - long, with elaborate compositions (detailed workflows) that leave little room for interpretation. Instead we need to be a more jazz-like organization. Tags: innovation 8 points, submitted 10 months ago by Nancy Grossbart 55 comments

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