Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are. Six Simple And Irresistible Alternatives To The Elevator Pitch. 3D printing 'bigger than internet' - ft business. Getting Crazy Ideas Off the Ground - Alessandro Di Fiore. By Alessandro Di Fiore | 1:00 PM March 25, 2013 How you manage the period between when an insight is first generated and when a concept is judged ready for development is the key to getting discontinuous innovation off the ground.
These are ideas that don’t fit the existing capabilities or the incumbent business model, don’t have an obvious business case, and carry a high risk. In most cases it is an individual who takes the lead in developing a crazy idea, typically the person whose idea it is, usually with little or no direction from the organization. Unfortunately, in the majority of cases, the strong identification of the idea with the person means that it is politically vulnerable; few people have a stake in it and there are no clear processes on how to fund and advance it (unless is a CEO’s idea). In some firms the environment can be so unkind that people simply squash their value-creating insights out of fear. Samsung Electronics has taken a similar approach. How to Turn Your Weaknesses Into Strengths. 5 Soft Skills To Showcase In Interviews. If you are extremely qualified, have terrific application materials, a targeted resume and you're interviewing for jobs, but always coming up with a silver medal, it's possible that you're bumping up against an elusive category: likability.
Also known in the industry as "cultural fit," likability is a reason many candidates don't make the final cut—the interviewers either didn't like them or didn't believe they would mesh well with current employees. One of the reasons that most employers don't provide specific feedback to a second-place candidate is because it's difficult to explain why someone doesn't fit in.
An employer can get in legal hot water for explaining that someone didn't get hired because the team just didn't like the candidate and couldn't imagine spending a lot of time together. Emotional intelligence, otherwise known as soft skills, is the category of skills most likely involved when evaluating likability or fit. Entrepreneurship: A Working Definition - Thomas R. Eisenmann - HBS Faculty. By Thomas R.
Eisenmann | 10:03 AM January 10, 2013 What is entrepreneurship? You probably think that the answer is obvious, and that only an academic would bother to ask this question. As a professor, I suppose I am guilty of mincing words. But like the terms “strategy” and “business model,” the word “entrepreneurship” is elastic. The history of the word “entrepreneurship” is fascinating and scholars have indeed parsed its meaning. “Pursuit” implies a singular, relentless focus. “Opportunity” implies an offering that is novel in one or more of four ways.
“Beyond resources controlled” implies resource constraints. Because they are pursuing a novel opportunity while lacking access to required resources, entrepreneurs face considerable risk, which comes in four main types. Entrepreneurs face a Catch-22. So, does Stevenson’s definition of entrepreneurship matter, in practical terms? Disruptive Trends to Watch in 2013 - Scott Anthony. By Scott Anthony | 11:00 AM January 10, 2013 A generation ago, incumbents that struggled to respond to disruptive innovations had an excuse.
The pattern that simple, convenient, low-priced solutions would grow from humble beginnings to create and transform industries had not yet been identified. Managers at companies like General Motors, Sears, and Eastman Kodak simply didn’t have the tools to spot and respond to would-be disruptors. Today’s leaders have no excuse. Harvard Professor and Innosight cofounder Clayton Christensen alerted the world to the pattern of disruptive change almost two decades ago. Sifting through this work highlights three seminal moments in any disruptive innovation’s development: Conception. For example, Google ultimately emerged as a disruptive force that has transformed pieces of the media business. In 2012 a number of disruptive innovations came of age. What disruptive innovations are set to take similarly big strides in 2013?
1. 3-D printing. Zipcar Timeline: From Business Idea to IPO to $500 Million Buyout. Zipcar, whose stock-market performance has left something to be desired since its banner IPO, got good news today when Avis Budget Group announced that it would buy the startup for $500 million in cash.
"By combining with Zipcar, we will significantly increase our growth potential, both in the United States and internationally," said Avis CEO Ronald L. Nelson. "We see car sharing as highly complementary to traditional car rental. " But some Zipcar shareholders have already objected to the sale price, arguing that it undervalues the Cambridge, Mass. -based company, which was once worth over $1 billion on the stock market. A brief history of Zipcar, from inception through public offering to buyout, follows. 1999: Two women in Cambridge, Mass., Antje Danielson and Robin Chase, whose children attend the same kindergarten, conceive the idea for Zipcar. Urban surprises them with an optimistic assessment of their company's potential for success.