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Six Secrets to Creating a Culture of Innovation
Innovation, Mental Needs | 2 COMMENTS | April 11, 2011
When IBM recently polled 1500 CEOs across 60 countries, they rated creativity as the most important leadership competency. Eighty percent of the CEOs said the business environment is growing so complex that it literally demands new ways of thinking. Less than 50 percent said they believed their organizations were equipped to deal effectively with this rising complexity.
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Tony Schwartz
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The Energy Coach: Catherine: Finding the Big Picture on a Bicycle
Energy Coach, Exercise, Innovation, Mental Needs | 1 COMMENTS | September 27, 2010
The Diagnosis: My guess is that my workdays aren’t much different than yours.  I’m booked solid with meetings, conference calls, tasks that are tied to tight deadlines as well as the never-ending influx of emails that require my attention.  I’m often not sure how to respond when my husband, Paul, asks me at dinner how my day was.  I know I was extremely busy, but I didn’t do any strategic thinking or serious problem solving. In fact, I’m not sure that I substantially moved the ball forward in any particular area. On the days that I express that frustration, Paul asks, “Could you go for a bike ride tomorrow?”
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Catherine McCarthy
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Six Secrets to Creating a Culture of Innovation
Innovation, Leadership, Mental Needs, Mindfulness | 4 COMMENTS | August 10, 2010
When IBM recently polled 1500 CEOs across 60 countries, they rated creativity as the most important leadership competency. Eighty percent of the CEOs said the business environment is growing so complex that it literally demands new ways of thinking. Less than 50 percent said they believed their organizations were equipped to deal effectively with this rising complexity.
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Tony Schwartz
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Alan Mulally -- Making Ford a Model for the Future
Innovation, Leadership | COMMENTS | April 2, 2010
After a $14.6 billion loss in 2008, Ford reported a profit of $2.7 billion this year, in the midst of huge economic crisis. Their March sales were up 40%, compared to 22% for GM and an 8.3% loss for Chrysler. What accounts for Ford's dramatic turnaround? Read more on the Harvard Business Review.
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Tony Schwartz
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Four Reasons Ford Could Be A Company Of The Future
Innovation, Leadership | COMMENTS | March 23, 2009
If you could look inside the inner sanctum at Ford, what would you expect to see? Anxiety? Panic? Despair? The economy, after all, is getting worse not better. Monthly car sales in the U.S. have continued to drop precipitously. Ford has lost market share during the past year and reported $5.9 billion of losses in the last quarter of 2009.
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Tony Schwartz
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