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On Being an Entrepreneur I was asked by somebody recently in a private message on Quora about whether the individual should leave his comfortable job to become an entrepreneur. You would think the obvious thing I would tell somebody is, “yes, of course it’s a great idea.” You’d be surprised. I often advise against it. I really have to know somebody’s personal story and circumstances to know whether it is suitable for that person. Read More Share the story: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about...
read moreFinding Innovation in the flattened org…
I always thought that senior executives led most effectively by managing vertically. That is, they spent the majority of their time working upward with their Board of Directors and downward with direct reports. But then the world, in Thomas Friedman’s words, “flattened out.” Markets became more interconnected, global competition grew, demographics shifted and communication tools improved. Boundaries that impeded good results in the old world posed even bigger problems in a world complicated by differences in culture, geography, function, and varied stakeholder concerns. Like...
read moreInnovation and Strategy:
Four Principles for Crafting Your Innovation Strategy Two management consultants explain what successful companies have done to prepare for a world of constant Internet connectivity. The economist Joseph Schumpeter coined the term “creative destruction” in the late 1930s—long before Moore’s law and the creative destruction that was unleashed by a doubling of computing power every 18 months. Compared with the events of recent decades, what Schumpeter saw was creative destruction in slow motion. And the pace of innovation has picked up markedly in the last five years,...
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