by George Ambler on September 26, 2010
Photo by webmove I came across a great article based on Carmine Gallo’s new book, “The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs” which are as follows: Put a Dent in the Universe: “Innovation requires a team and you cannot inspire evangelists unless you offer a compelling vision….” Sell Dreams, Not Products: “Steve Jobs doesn’t rely on [...]
by George Ambler on May 30, 2010
The “2010 Global IBM CEO Study” was recently published, it’s one of the largest one-on-one CEO interview studies, surveying 1,541 CEOs, general managers and senior public sector leaders from 60 countries and across 33 industries. The four primary findings of this year’s survey are as follows: Today’s complexity is only expected to rise and more [...]
by George Ambler on January 16, 2008
Mark McGuinness has collected a bunch of his best posts into one free ebook and has some additional time management resources here. I found the book filled with valuable time management insights. Given the pressures leaders have on their time, Mark’s time management practices are extremely useful. I case you don’t want to read the [...]
by George Ambler on December 15, 2007
According to the article “Future-focused CEOs bring innovation” organisations whose leadership speak about future event and external activities are more innovative than those leaders who don’t. ‘By simply counting the number of future-oriented sentences in annual reports we can predict future innovation by the firm,’ said marketing Professor Rajesh Chandy of the University of [...]
by George Ambler on July 15, 2007
Photo by Hugo_Fstop Jeffrey Phillips of Innovate on Purpose wrote an interesting post traveling without a map, in the post he talks about innovation and the importance of knowing where you’re going two topics that are central to leadership… “… it is sort of like traveling without a map. If you don’t know where you are going, any [...]