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(6 of 7) Questions About Innovation that Analysts - and You - Should Ask

By 800-CEO-READ

(from James Andrew, author of Payback) Each earnings season reminds us that analysts often ask the wrong questions about innovation. They, like all of us, need to do a better job of focusing on the innovation issues that really matter. Analysts, like too many business leaders, get caught up in the romance of ideas.

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June 12, 2007

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(5 of 7) Picking the Right Innovation Model

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(from James Andrew, author of Payback) Speaking of top-level leadership responsibilities – companies that succeed at innovation are the ones that choose the right innovation business model. They can decide to be integrators, managing the entire process under their own roofs; orchestrators, working with partners to create innovations, or licensors, generating cash payback from great ideas without having to invest in the commercialization or realization parts of the process. There’s no right answer about what model to choose – even within an industry.

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June 12, 2007

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(3 of 7) Cash, Cash Traps and the Cash Curve by Rebecca

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(from James Andrew, author of Payback) It’s all about the cash. And the only role of innovation, ultimately, is to generate cash. The problem with many innovation projects is that they quickly become cash traps.

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June 12, 2007

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2007 Quill Nominees

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2007 Quill Nominees by Kate At BEA, the 2007 Quill Award nominees were announced. What titles were eligible? Eligible titles for the 2007 Quill Awards were those published between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007.

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June 08, 2007

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What Publishers Are Saying Readers Want

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What Publishers Are Saying Readers Want by Todd S. It is always interesting to hear what publishers think readers are looking for. Publishers Weekly runs a feature each year on the trends in business books.

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June 08, 2007

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We're back from BEA

By 800-CEO-READ

Last week 30,000 booksellers flooded New York City's Javits Center to attend the annual Book Convention (known to insiders as BEA). This is where people wait in endless lines for an autograph, where people compare their tradeshow loot like Halloween candy (in this case, advance copies of books), and where Stephen Colbert, Rosie O'Donnell, LL Cool J and Khalid Hosseini can be seen under one roof. With 90-degree New York heat and a temperamental air conditioner, booksellers struggled to stay cool.

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June 05, 2007

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We are leaving town.

By 800-CEO-READ

The whole blogging crew is heading to New York City today. Book Expo America, the annual booksellers convention, is taking place on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. If we see or hear something interesting, we will drop a post here.

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May 30, 2007

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How to Work a Room Interview with Susan RoAne

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I had the pleasure of talking with Susan RoAne last week. There is a new edition of her classic How To Work a Room that Collins has just put out in paperback. Susan has updated alot of the antecdotes and adding a chapter on working the "virtual" room.

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May 29, 2007

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Children who dine at Chick-fil-A

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Doane's Blog tells us that with Stephen Covey's help Chick-fil-A is educating their youngest diners about being highly effective people. Covey's 7 Habits were split into 7 kids' books to round out Chick-fil-A's kids' menu. Find them at a Chick-fil-A near you.

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May 23, 2007

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links for 2007-05-23

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Watch This, Listen This, Click Here >> Advertising Age | A look at the media world's fast-approaching future lives up to the hype. Good news is, the text more than lives up to the hype.

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May 23, 2007

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(6 of 7) Questions About Innovation that Analysts - and You - Should Ask

(5 of 7) Picking the Right Innovation Model

(3 of 7) Cash, Cash Traps and the Cash Curve by Rebecca

2007 Quill Nominees

What Publishers Are Saying Readers Want

We're back from BEA

We are leaving town.

How to Work a Room Interview with Susan RoAne

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Children who dine at Chick-fil-A

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