Week 50 - 15 Business Lessons from the Movie Moneyball

The Secrets To Becoming A Great Leader Revealed

Respect, Belief, Trust, Loyalty, Commitment, Courage, and Gratitude

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkwilliams/2014/08/07/secrets-to-becoming-a-great-leader-revealed

Avoiding The Digital Dustbin: 4 Ways Collaborative Workspace Drives Innovation

Space that inspires

http://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahcaldicott/2014/08/07/avoiding-the-digital-dustbin-4-ways-collaborative-workspace-drives-innovation

The Most Innovative Employees at Google Aren’t Stanford Grads with Perfect SATs

Drive, Mastery and Purpose

https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140807215537-21570578-the-most-innovative-employees-at-google-aren-t-stanford-grads-with-perfect-sats

15 Business Lessons from the Movie Moneyball

We are going to change the game

https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140809185039-18535524-15-business-lessons-from-the-movie-moneyball

Four Ways To Develop A Better Strategic Plan

Ask provocative questions

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ronashkenas/2014/08/08/four-ways-to-develop-a-better-strategic-plan

Week 49 - The 'Dean' of Leadership Gurus Passes At 89

The 'Dean' of Leadership Gurus Passes At 89

None of us is as smart as all of us

http://www.forbes.com/sites/robasghar/2014/08/01/the-dean-of-leadership-gurus-passes-at-89

Yuko Shimizu: Make Your Own Path

you don’t have anyone to look up to anymore

http://99u.com/articles/29941/yuko-shimizu-make-your-own-path

Driving Corporate Innovation: Design Thinking vs. Customer Development

Customer Development and Design Thinking are both customer discovery processes

http://steveblank.com/2014/07/30/driving-corporate-innovation-design-thinking-customer-development/

What Great Leaders Actually DO

Empowering your collaborators with trust, authority, and autonomy so that they can freely contribute and move towards the vision

https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140801201100-2740714-what-great-leaders-actually-do

How to Make Your Mark When You Enter A Team

In a herd there is always one dominant animal

http://www.forbes.com/sites/work-in-progress/2014/08/01/how-to-make-your-mark-when-you-enter-a-team

Week 48 - Innovation Emerges From Stories We Tell

Innovation Emerges From Stories We Tell

Those who tell stories of innovation create innovative societies

http://www.forbes.com/sites/henrydoss/2014/07/25/innovation-emerges-from-stories-we-tell/

Why It's Good for You to Be Kind to Others

Being good is good for you mentally and physically

http://lifehacker.com/why-its-good-for-you-to-be-kind-to-others-1609233291

Jim Carrey: Why You Shouldn’t Be Afraid To Fail

Take a chance on doing what you love

http://99u.com/workbook/29359/jim-carrey-why-you-shouldnt-be-afraid-to-fail

Why Your Idea Is Worth Nothing Until Executed

No risk, No reward

https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140725215653-2895074-why-your-idea-is-worth-nothing-until-executed

Leonard Cohen on Creativity, Hard Work, and Why You Should Never Quit Before You Know What It Is You’re Quitting

Inspiration is for amateurs — the rest of us just show up and get to work

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/07/15/leonard-cohen-paul-zollo-creativity

Week 47 - Our capacity for fertile solitude

Why Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are so successful, in one word

Focus as a noun and verb

http://qz.com/231907/why-bill-gates-and-warren-buffett-are-so-successful-in-one-word/

The Case for Why Marketing Should Have Its Own Engineers

Navigate without a map

http://firstround.com/article/The-Case-for-Why-Marketing-Should-Have-Its-Own-Engineers

Psychoanalyst Adam Phillips on Our Capacity for “Fertile Solitude”

Learn to enjoy your company

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/07/18/adam-phillips-on-risk-and-solitude

Podium Power: 7 Steps To A Rock Solid Speech

Call to action

http://www.forbes.com/sites/rodgerdeanduncan/2014/07/18/podium-power-7-steps-to-a-rock-solid-speech/

This 23-Year-Old Built and Sold His Startup While in School - Here’s How He Did It

You figure out what your product is only after selling it.

http://firstround.com/article/This-23-Year-Old-Built-and-Sold-His-Startup-While-In-School-Heres-What-Made-the-Difference

Week 46 - Become a 'now-ist'

Want to innovate? Become a "now-ist"

Be a now-ist

http://www.ted.com/talks/joi_ito_want_to_innovate_become_a_now_ist

Are You 'Leadership Material'?

Remember your 'non-negotiables'

http://www.forbes.com/sites/moiraforbes/2014/07/10/are-you-leadership-material

Dropbox's Head of Design on the Dawn of Personalized Products

Actively manage people’s identities in ways that encourage the behavior you want

http://firstround.com/article/Dropboxs-Head-of-Design-on-the-Dawn-of-Personalized-Products

What to Learn from the Man Who Managed Reddit's Community of Millions

Tread and retread

http://firstround.com/article/What-to-Learn-from-the-Man-Who-Managed-Reddits-Community-of-Millions

Buddhist Economics: How to Stop Prioritizing Goods Over People and Consumption Over Creative Activity

It is not wealth that stands in the way of liberation but the attachment to wealth

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/07/07/buddhist-economics-schumacher