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From poverty to prosperity : intangible assets, hidden liabilities and the lasting triumph over scarcity / by Kling, Arnold S.(CARDINAL)752993; Schulz, Nick,1972-(CARDINAL)495547;

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Creative ability in business.; Technological innovations; Success.; Economics.;

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What would Google do? [sound recording] / by Jarvis, Jeff,1954-(CARDINAL)493579;

Produced and directed by Sean McKinley.Read by Jeff Jarvis.Author Jeff Jarvis explains how Google has become successful, becoming a household name and the vehicle for other companies' success. By applying Google's business plan to other industries, Jarvis explores new, undeveloped business practices.Compact discs.

Subjects: Google.; Information technology; Technological innovations.; Creative ability in business.; Management.;

© p2009., Harper Audio,

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What would Google do? / by Jarvis, Jeff,1954-(CARDINAL)493579;

Google rules -- New Relationship. Give the people control and we will use it -- Dell hell -- Your worst customer is your best friend -- Your best customer is your partner -- New Architecture. The link changes everything -- Do what you do best and link to the rest -- Join a network -- Be a platform -- Think distributed -- New Publicness. If you're not searchable, you won't be found -- Everybody needs Googlejuice -- Life is public, so is business -- Your customers are your ad agency -- New Society. Elegant organization -- New Economy. Small is the new big -- The post-scarcity economy -- Join the open-source, gift economy -- The mass market is dead; long live the mass of niches -- Google commodifies everything -- Welcome to the Google economy -- New Business Reality. Atoms are a drag -- Middlemen are doomed -- Free is a business model -- Decide what business you're in -- New Attitude. There is an inverse relationship between control and trust -- Trust the people -- Listen -- New Ethic. Make mistakes well -- Life is a beta -- Be honest -- Be transparent -- Collaborate -- Don't be evil -- New Speed. Answers are instantaneous -- Life is live -- Mobs form in a flash -- New Imperatives. Beware the cash cow in the coal mine -- Encourage, enable, and protect innovation -- Simplify, simplify -- Get out of the way -- If Google ruled the world -- Media. The Google Times: newspapers, post-paper -- Googlewood: entertainment, opened up -- GoogleCollins: killing the book to save it -- Advertising. And now, a word from Google's sponsors. -- Retail -- Google eats: a business built on openness -- Google shops: a company built on people -- Utilities. Google power & light: what Google would do -- GT&T: what Google should do -- Manufacturing. The Googlemobile: from secrecy to sharing -- Google Cola: we're more than consumers -- Service. Google Air: a social marketplace of customers -- Google Real Estate: information is power -- Money. Google capital: money makes networks -- The First Bank of Google: markets minus middlemen -- Public welfare. St. Google's Hospital: the benefits of publicness -- Google Mutual Insurance: the business of cooperation -- Public Institutions. Google U: opening education -- The United States of Google: geeks rule -- Exceptions. PR and lawyers: hopeless -- God and Apple: beyond Google? -- Generation G.A manual for survival and success that asks the most important question today's leaders, in any industry, can ask themselves: What would Google do? To demonstrate how to emulate Google, Jarvis lays out his laws of what he calls "the new Google century," including such insights as: Think distributed; Become a platform; Join the post-scarcity, open-source, gift economy; The middleman has died; Your worst customers are your best friends and your best customers are your partners; Do what you do best and link to the rest; Get out of the way; Make mistakes well; and more. He applies these principles not just to emerging technologies and the Internet, but to other industries--telecommunications, airlines, television, government, healthcare, education, journalism, and, yes, book publishing--showing ultimately what the world would look like if Google ran it. The result will change the way readers ask questions and solve problems.--From publisher description.

Subjects: Google.; Creative ability in business.; Information technology; Management.; Technological innovations.;

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The right it : why so many ideas fail and how to make sure yours succeed / by Savoia, Alberto,author.(CARDINAL)794604;

Alberto Savoia has written a highly practical book that delivers a proven formula for turning ideas, products, services, and businesses into successful endeavors.

Subjects: Creative ability in business; Technological innovations; Industrial property;

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Experimentation works : the surprising power of business experiments / by Thomke, Stefan H.,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface: a tribute to the scientific method -- Introduction: the business experimentation imperative -- Why experimentation works -- What makes a good business experiment? -- How to experiment online -- Can your culture handle large-scale experimentation? -- Inside an experimentation organization -- Becoming an experimentation organization -- Seven myths of business experimentation -- Epilogue: a brief look at the future.Preface. A tribute to the scientific method: why I wrote the book (and why you should read it). Understanding the power of thinking and acting scientifically. Entering a new age of large-scale business experimentation -- Introduction. The business experimentation imperative: the need for business experiments to drive innovation and profitable growth. Deploying large-scale experimentation as a business-wide practice. Brief introduction to the book's ideas and frameworks -- Why experimentation works: the role of business experimentation in innovation. Understanding the power of tools and the experimentation process. Leveraging the operational drivers of high-velocity learning -- What makes a good business experiment?: the elements of a good business experiment. Seven questions that yield better management decisions. Appreciating the limits of experimentation -- How to experiment online: the business value of A/B testing. Leveraging the power of incremental innovation for business performance. Learning the best experimentation practices from leading digital companies -- Can your culture handle large-scale experimentation?: the seven attributes of a true experimentation culture. Diagnosing and addressing cultural obstacles. Adopting a new management model for experimentation organizations -- Inside an experimentation organization: the operating model of a true experimentation organization. Democratizing testing through process, management, and cultural discipline. Using technology, scale and velocity for competitive advantage -- Becoming an experimentation organization: the steps to becoming a true experimentation organization. Using the 7S's and ABCDE frameworks to analyze your situation. Deploying experimentation tools most effectively -- Seven myths of business experimentation: the myths that undermine experimentation and innovation. Realizing that your actions will lead to opposite reactions. Addressing fallacies that slow down progress -- Epilogue. A brief look at the future: the future of experimentation is already here. Understanding the role of AI. Adding value to automated testing and decision-making."When it comes to innovation, relying on intuition won't cut it anymore. Whether it's improving customer experiences, trying out new business models, or developing new products, even the most experienced managers often get it wrong. This is especially true in the online world, where predicting customer behavior is virtually impossible. Managers can, however, discover whether a new product, service, or business model will fail or succeed--by subjecting it to rigorous experimentation. Think about it. A pharmaceutical company would never introduce a new drug without first conducting a round of experiments based on established scientific protocols. Yet that's essentially what many companies do when they roll out new products and services. As Harvard Business School professor Stefan Thomke shows in this eye-opening and essential book, the "best guess" approach to innovation is changing fast. There are now leading companies that conduct more than ten thousand online controlled experiments annually, engaging millions of users. These organizations have discovered that an "experiment with everything" approach has a big payoff, giving them a considerable competitive advantage. How can you do this at your company? Leaders and managers need to create an "experimentation organization" that masters the science of testing and puts the discipline of experimentation at the center of the innovation process. It used to take companies years to build the infrastructure and develop the expertise to run hundreds of experiments each day. But Thomke shows how, with advances in technology, these capabilities are at the fingertips of almost any business professional. By combining the power of software and the rigor of controlled experiments, today's managers can make better decisions, create better customer experiences, and generate huge financial returns. Filled with engaging and instructive stories of leading experimentation organizations, Experimentation Works will be your guidebook to a truly new way of thinking and innovating"--

Subjects: Business; Marketing research.; Creative ability in business.; Consumers; Success in business.;

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Disrupt you! : master personal transformation, seize opportunity, and thrive in the era of endless innovation / by Samit, Jay.(CARDINAL)410954;

Includes bibliographical references and index.In Defense of Disruption -- Become a Disruptor -- The Disruptor's Map -- Build a Brand of One -- Disruptors at Work and the Value of Intrapreneurship -- In Search of the Zombie Idea -- Pivoting Your Energies -- Unlocking the Value Chain -- Research and Development: Unlocking the Value of Waste -- Design: Disruption Through Aesthetics -- Production: Reuse, Repurpose, Re- create -- Marketing and Sales: Finding the Problem to Fit Your Solution -- Distribution: Unlocking Unattained Value and the Challenge of Unlimited Shelf Space -- Capital Revisited: Other People's Money -- Disruption in the Era of the Crowd -- Disrupt the World."In today's volatile business landscape, adaptability and creativity are more crucial than ever. It is no longer possible-or even desirable-to learn one set of job skills and to work your way up the ladder. At the same time, entrepreneurs with great ideas for new products or technologies that could change the world often struggle to capture the attention of venture capital firms and incubators; finding the funding necessary to launch a start-up can feel impossible. The business leaders of our future must anticipate change to create their own opportunities for personal satisfaction and professional success. In Disrupt You!, Jay Samit, a digital media expert who has launched, grown, and sold start-ups and Fortune 500 companies alike, describes the unique method he has used to invent new markets and expand established businesses. Samit has been at the helm of businesses in the ecommerce, digital video, social media, mobile communications, and software industries, helping to navigate them through turbulent economic times and guide them through necessary transformation so that they stay ahead of the curve. In Disrupt You!, he reveals how specific strategies that help companies flourish can be applied at an individual level to help anyone can achieve success and lasting prosperity-without needing to raise funds from outside investors"--

Subjects: Creative ability in business.; Decision making.; Technological innovations; Success in business.;

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Dealing with Darwin : how great companies innovate at every phase of their evolution / by Moore, Geoffrey A.,1946-(CARDINAL)364764;

Demonstrates how companies can benefit from the scientific principles of natural selection, explaining how established businesses can successfully adapt to the challenges of such forces as deregulation, globalization, and e-commerce.Preface : what this book is about and how it came to be -- 1. The economics of innovation -- 2. Innovation and category maturity -- 3. Innovation and business architecture -- 4. Types of innovation -- 5. Managing innovation in growth markets -- 6. Managing innovation in mature markets -- 7. Managing innovation in declining markets -- 8. Managing innovation in your enterprise -- 9. Extracting resources from context -- 10. Repurposing resources for core -- 11. Managing inertia in your enterprise.

Subjects: Organizational change.; Competition.; Creative ability in business.; Technological innovations; Industrial management.;

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Great by choice : uncertainty, chaos, and luck--why some thrive despite them all / by Collins, James C.(James Charles),1958-(CARDINAL)367531; Hansen, Morten T.(CARDINAL)493904;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-293) and index.Thriving in uncertainty -- 10Xers -- 20 mile march -- Fire bullets, then cannonballs -- Leading above the death line -- SMaC -- Return on luck -- Epilogue: great by choice -- Frequently asked questions.Examines nine years of research on successful businesses to help determine why some companies thrive in uncertainty while others do not, and highlights such qualities as discipline, creativity, and constancy.

Subjects: Case studies.; Creative ability in business; Success in business; Technological innovations;

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We the leader : build a team of equals who all lead and follow to drive creativity and innovation / by Spahn, Jeffrey,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."We the Leader represents a seismic shift in the evolution of leadership theory and practice. By implementing this innovative practice built on diversity, equity, inclusion, any organization can drive consistent winning results with ingenuity and speed. Leadership is collective art. That's the guiding principle behind Jeffrey Spahn's approach to creating sustained innovation within organizations. Spahn has guided myriad companies toward a more solid leadership foundation, and in this eye-opening guide, heshares his most powerful wisdom and shows you how to apply it to your own business. Moving beyond the traditional model of top-down leadership, Spahn has created a foundation for an organizational culture that benefits from collective energy, curious conviction, and solid, actionable goals. You'll find enlightening guidance on such principles as: Collective flow-being driven by an energy beyond the limits of individuals Panarchy-navigating the emerging terrain of collective leadership Simultaneity-accessing collective flow by leading and following in the same action Consilience-embracing opposing viewpoints as an opportunity to make a difference through differences Filled with case studies of Spahn's work with industry-leading companies and an effectivedecision-making process rooted in these principles, We the Leader represents the next step in the evolution of leadership-a fresh-eyed new way forward for your organization"--

Subjects: Teams in the workplace.; Employee motivation.; Creative ability in business.; Management;

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The app generation : how today's youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world / by Gardner, Howard,1943-(CARDINAL)142486; Davis, Katie(Assistant professor)(CARDINAL)404136;

Includes bibliographical references and index."No one has failed to notice that the current generation of youth is deeply-some would say totally-involved with digital media. Professors Howard Gardner and Katie Davis name today's young people The App Generation, and in this spellbinding book they explore what it means to be "app-dependent" versus "app-enabled" and how life for this generation differs from life before the digital era. Gardner and Davis are concerned with three vital areas of adolescent life: identity, intimacy, and imagination. Through innovative research, including interviews of young people, focus groups of those who work with them, and a unique comparison of youthful artistic productions before and after the digital revolution, the authors uncover the drawbacks of apps: they may foreclose a sense of identity, encourage superficial relations with others, and stunt creative imagination. On the other hand, the benefits of apps are equally striking: they can promote a strong sense of identity, allow deep relationships, and stimulate creativity. The challenge is to venture beyond the ways that apps are designed to be used, Gardner and Davis conclude, and they suggest how the power of apps can be a springboard to greater creativity and higher aspirations"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Software.; Creative ability in adolescence.; Identity (Psychology); Internet and youth.; Technology and youth.; Youth; Youth.;

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