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Conscious Capitalism; Is Not an Oxymoron

There is a growing network of people — including the leaders of companies such as the Container Store, Starbucks, Trader Joe’s, Patagonia and...

To Increase Innovation, Take the Sting Out of Failure

“We need more innovation around here. We need people to think more creatively and be more entrepreneurial. I’ve been saying this for the last...

Life’s Work 2012: HBR Interviews 10 Intriguing People

The last page of every issue of Harvard Business Review is an interview with one incredibly successful person: an athlete, an astronaut, an admiral. But,...

Ascend Your Innovation Plateau: Think Leadership

Practice makes perfect. People master collaborative innovation as they convene people on the critical conversations and as they navigate the day in a life of innovation challenges. What’s next? What possibilities do we see for further progress? What possibilities do we see for leadership? In this article, innovation architect Doug Collins shares insights for the advanced...

Interesting trends that will herald mobile broadband

Mobile gadgets will soon connect the majority of people to the Internet, according to a recent report by the Broadband Commission. Read more: Interesting trends that will herald mobile broadband ...

9 Tips For Your (Open) Innovation Project

Everyone is speaking about innovation! A lot of innovation projects fail though. Based on our own experience in running innovation projects at Board of Innovation and inputs from several LinkedIn group discussions, we’ve gathered a list of 9 tips for your innovation project. My personal favorite: If you don’t annoy people, you’re not innovating. Simple. What’s...

Morning Advantage: How Great Companies Manage Their People

“High-performing companies recognize that leadership is about more than just steering the business. It’s about nurturing, energizing, and challenging the people who help make it run — and who keep it competitive,” write Rainer Strack and four co-authors of the exhaustive Boston Consulting Group study, Realizing the Value of People Management. Similar...