On May 5-6 2010 in New York, Paddy Miller and I are running the next edition of our intensive Innovation Architect program for executives, taking place at IESE Business School’s new campus on Manhattan (just below Central Park).
Above is a 2 minute video introduction of the program – for more information, see the program page on IESE’s Executive Education website.
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Tagged IESE, Innovation, innovation architect, miller, wedell
The ‘big insight’ model of creativity is wrong; creativity comes from the outside, and you can increase your chances of getting good ideas by immersing yourself in new environments. Paddy Miller and I have published a short article on the subject in IESE Business School’s alumni magazine – a special edition with focus on IESE’s new campus in New York.
You can get the article in PDF or get the Spanish-language version (full magazine).
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Our new case study on pfizerWorks, an innovative service that allows Pfizer’s employees to outsource the boring parts of their jobs, has just been published and is now available for purchase via IESE Publishing. Continue reading
Our video interviews with George Lucas, Gary Hamel and others from the World Business Forum in New York are now available online:
http://www.iese.edu/en/ad/Marketing/WBF2009/Mailing-WBF.html
You can also see Paul Krugman and Pedro Videla discuss the economy, CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi Kevin Roberts talk to Johanna Mair, and more. Notice that on your first visit, you have to fill out a form to get access to the videos.
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Paddy Miller interviews George Lucas at World Business Forum 2009
[This article is also shared on our Creative Cultures blog]
At the recent World Business Forum in New York, my co-author Paddy Miller and I had the opportunity to talk to George Lucas about his role as a leader and the interplay between trust, salaries and company culture. Continue reading
I’m currently putting the finishing touches on a new case study about pfizerWorks, an innovative new venture within Pfizer that was created from scratch by Jordan Cohen, now the Head of pfizerWorks, to radically increase people’s productivity.[UPDATE: The case is now published].
When I interviewed Jordan in New York he shared some recommendations for books that inspired him while building the service, so I thought I’d share some of them here:
by Thomas Friedman by Erich Joachimsthaler by Seth Godin by Keith Ferrazzi with Tahl Raz…
Posted in Books, The Innovation Architect
Tagged Books, Jordan Cohen, Pfizer, pfizerWorks
I just posted a few new items on The Fishbowl MBA, my MBA advice site.
The posts include advice on dealing with bad professors, finding jobs through your classmates, avoiding strange attractors in your career choices, improving your class participation, and a mood piece on company presentations.
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