Issue 94
Rebooting America's Innovation Engine: Using Jugaad to Innovate Faster, Better, and Cheaper
May 9, 2012 - By: Navi Radjou
“The motto ‘innovate or die’ held true for American firms in the 20th century. In the 21st century, ‘innovate faster, better, and cheaper—or die’ will be your new mantra.”
May 9, 2012 - By: Navi Radjou
Issue 93
Nine Things I Learned from Alan Mulally
April 11, 2012 - By: Bryce G. Hoffman
“I spent many hours sitting across the table from Mulally in his corner office on the twelfth floor of Ford’s world headquarters. I learned a lot about how to change cultures and streamline organizations, and I believe these principles will prove as valuable to your organization as they have to Ford.”
April 11, 2012 - By: Bryce G. Hoffman
Stop Selling and Start Storytelling
April 11, 2012 - By: Jason L. Baptiste
“Successful entrepreneurs are never selling, and always storytelling. Throughout this manifesto, I want to focus on how an entrepreneur can use storytelling to persuade four key constituents that can ultimately make or break their startup—the press, team members, customers and investors.”
April 11, 2012 - By: Jason L. Baptiste
How to Avoid Becoming China’s Bitch: A Radical Centrist Manifesto for Fixing What’s Broken
April 11, 2012 - By: Peter D. Kiernan
“Where do I get off using a title like that? Because the time has come to get you out of your comfort zone. In fact, it’s well past time for all of us. If we don’t, we will lose more than our superpower status—we may well lose our national soul.”
April 11, 2012 - By: Peter D. Kiernan
We Say We Want a Revolution: How to Activate the Activist and Surf the Tidal Wave of Radical Change
April 11, 2012 - By: Gina Amaro Rudan
“I confess—the revolutionary climate we’re experiencing right now excites me. Why? Because every monster economic crisis or socio-political upheaval brings bottom-up innovation, top-down collaboration, and a flurry of creativity ... ”
April 11, 2012 - By: Gina Amaro Rudan
The Unasked Question: How Do You Run a Company?
April 11, 2012 - By: Dick Cross
“Despite all the hand-ringing and acerbic rhetoric over the American economy, we could be just one step away from solving it all.”
April 11, 2012 - By: Dick Cross
Five Rules for Pricing Excellence: Getting the Most for Your Services
April 11, 2012 - By: Patrick Lefler
“Pricing is critical, and short-changing your pricing strategy is the fastest way to leave cash on the table—money that will be lost forever and never recovered.”
April 11, 2012 - By: Patrick Lefler
Issue 92
How Habits Work (and How They Change)
March 21, 2012 - By: Charles Duhigg
“Most of the choices we make each day may feel like the products of well-considered decision making, but they’re not.
They’re habits. Habits are subtle. But any habit can be changed. And now we—finally—know how.”
March 21, 2012 - By: Charles Duhigg
Laughing at the Joneses
March 21, 2012 - By: Laura Vanderkam
“It’s silly to talk about personal finance without talking about where you live and what you drive. ... There are plenty of people who have discovered this truth and, rather than trying to keep up with the Joneses or submitting to their tyranny, are getting a good laugh at them.”
March 21, 2012 - By: Laura Vanderkam
Twelve Gentle Rules: How a Couple Can Live Together Peacefully When One of Them Is an Entrepreneur
March 21, 2012 - By: Meg Cadoux Hirshberg
“Clearly, when it comes to business-building, some degree of obsession is required—or soon the business won’t be around to obsess about. The problem arises when entrepreneurs try to simultaneously enjoy a thriving family life.”
March 21, 2012 - By: Meg Cadoux Hirshberg
