The Knowing-Doing Gap: How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge into Action: Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert I. Sutton

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Every year, companies spend billions of dollars on training programs and management consultants, searching for ways to improve. But it’s mostly all talk and no action, according to Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert I. Sutton, authors of The Knowing-Doing Gap. “Did you ever wonder why so much education [...]

The Myths of Innovation: Scott Berkun

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Scott Berkun Discusses Innovation at Amazon.com Headquarters

Scott Berkun, author of The Myths of Innovation and The Art of Project Management, visited Amazon.com to discuss “epiphany myths” and the realities–and effort–of implementing innovation in your own life and work. Watch the video:

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The Creative Entrepreneur: A DIY Visual Guidebook for Making Business Ideas Real: Lisa Sonora Beam

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The Creative Entrepreneur is a visual, results-oriented, step-by-step method of business development for creatives from all walks of life who want to turn their passions into viable business opportunities. Whether you are and artist, designer, or small business owner, this book will empower you to renew and nurture [...]

What Customers Want: Using Outcome-Driven Innovation to Create Breakthrough Products and Services: Anthony Ulwick

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A world-renowned innovation guru explains practices that result in breakthrough innovations “Ulwick’s outcome-driven programs bring discipline and predictability to the often random process of innovation.” -Clayton Christensen For years, companies have accepted the underlying principles that define the customer-driven paradigm–that [...]

The Da Vinci Method - Break Out & Express Your Fire: Garret LoPorto

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Break Out & Express Your Fire. Discover and master the fiery temperament shared by great leaders, entrepreneurs, artists and AD/HD-ers. Are you: - Impulsive? - Risk-taking? - Distractible? [...]

X-teams: How to Build Teams That Lead, Innovate and Succeed: Deborah Ancona, Henrik Bresman

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The authors dive into the nitty-gritty details of engineering a better team… –TIME.com, August 23, 2007
The authors succeed in conveying the importance of wide-ranging exploration and teamwork as essential for innovation…. –The Financial Times, June 21, 2007
The book expands our thinking about teams…comfortable reading, broken [...]

The Disney Way Fieldbook: How to Implement Walt Disney’s Vision of "Dream, Believe, Dare, Do" in Your Own Company: Bill Capodagli, Lynn Jackson

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Business people around the world raved about The Disney Way and Fortune proclaimed it, “so useful you may whistle while you work.” Now, authors Bill Capodagli and Lynn Jackson are back to deliver a comprehensive, step-by-step implementation plan based on Walt Disney’s principles outlined in the best-selling The Disney Way. [...]

Managing the Unexpected: Assuring High Performance in an Age of Complexity: Karl E. Weick, Kathleen M. Sutcliffe

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“…it’s worth reading…” — Professional Manager, January 2002
“Of all the people Tom and I quoted in In Search of Excellence Karl Weick was hands down the most influential. As a researcher and thought leader on matters organizational and strategic, Karl gets an eleven on [...]

How to License Your Million Dollar Idea: Everything You Need To Know To Turn a Simple Idea into a Million Dollar Payday, 2nd Edition: Harvey Reese

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TURN YOUR GREAT IDEA INTO A GREAT BIG FORTUNE… We all have great ideas, and every day, ordinary people turn their simple, clever ideas into products or services that earn them millions in royalties. So what separates those who earn money exploiting their ideas from those [...]

Ladies Who Launch: Embracing Entrepreneurship & Creativity as a Lifestyle: Victoria Colligan, Beth Schoenfeldt, Amy Swift

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From Publishers Weekly
You can do it! That’s the message Colligan and Schoenfeldt, cofounders of the online networking and offline support system Women Who Launch, reinforce with this at-home version of their program. Emphasizing a more holistic approach than most business self-help titles, they take issue [...]