Paul's Update 7/14

Irving Wladawsky-Berger: Disruptive Innovation Revisited

		Irving Wladawsky-Berger: Disruptive Innovation Revisited The recent New Yorker article, - The Disruption Machine: What the gospel of innovation gets wrong, - by Harvard history professor Jill Lepore, has led to a flurry of opinions on disruptive innovation. The New Yorker described the article as...
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Opportunity sprouts from Detroit's urban farms

				Opportunity sprouts from Detroit's urban farms A new business opportunity is growing alongside Detroit's estimated 250 acres of tomato plants, cornstalks and trees. The city's estimated 1,400 urban farms and gar...
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Project for Public Spaces | 9 Great Streets Around the World

				Project for Public Spaces | 9 Great Streets Around the W... They teach us how roads can become prime public spaces
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When the growing gets tough | SmartBlogs

				When the growing gets tough | SmartBlogs Think about the learning that contributed most powerfully to your development and who you are today. Consider the experiences that built the expertise you
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What's Blocking Your Peak Career Performance? 

				What's Blocking Your Peak Career Performance? Often we think of peak career performance in terms of momentous events, like publishing research or closing a huge sale. These are commendable high points. Yet by k...
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How to Differentiate Great Leaders from Good Leaders

				How to Differentiate Great Leaders from Good Leaders Recently, I attended a memorial service for Dennis Dammerman, a retired GE executive and one of the very first people I interviewed with at GE 30 years ago. He was ...
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How Taking A Detour Can Actually Lead To Greater Innovation 

				How Taking A Detour Can Actually Lead To Greater Innov... The "father of microsurgery" can teach us a few things about innovation. For one thing, the road to getting there is a journey full of...
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Teflon was Invented by Accident

				Teflon was Invented by Accident Today I found out Teflon was invented by accident. The man who accidentally invented it was Dr. Roy Plunkett.  After receiving his BA, MS, and eventually PhD in org...
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Pop A Pill To Learn A Language?

				Pop A Pill To Learn A Language? What if learning Mandarin or Arabic were as simple as popping a pill? The idea may sound like a sci-fi movie plot point, but one well-known tech visionary believes ...
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