Innovation Leadership

The greatest challenge of any start-up and growth company is the transition from an early stage start up to a robust organization complete with a driving culture, contemporary leadership, organizational infrastructure and twenty-first-century operating methodologies. Ralf Specht provides inspiration, wisdom, and learnings gleaned from his role and experience in creating and scaling Spark 44, a Jaguar Land Rover joint venture from concept to an award-winning global marketing communications company with well over a thousand employees in eighteen countries in a few short years.

Based on 10 years of research and interviews with 80 top executives, the award-winning The Samsung Way is the first definitive guide to the groundbreaking management principles that transformed a lagging electronics company into one of the most successful brands in the world.

That’s exactly the premise that CEO of JMARK Business Solutions Inc., Thomas H. Douglas, explores in Adapt or Die—a long-awaited book that examines the extreme challenges, shifts, demands, and vast opportunities for today’s American businesses. Told through the story of one bold company (People First IT), Adapt or Die takes listeners through the unparalleled business system known as The Algorithm of Success that has the potential to inspire, ignite, and affect change for all aspects of an organization.

Today’s board rooms, think tanks, and staff lounges are more diverse than ever before. These cultural differences can either lead to gridlock among stubborn, single-minded thinkers or they can catalyze innovation and growth among an expansive team of creative, distinctive individuals. Diverse teams are far more creative than homogenous teams—but only when they are managed effectively. Driven by Difference identifies the management practices necessary to minimize conflict while maximizing the informational diversity found in varied values and experiences.

The Five Letter F Word™ brings culture center stage in creating a strategy to allow you to innovate. You gain insight into several key areas that often lead to busy teams not delivering the expected growth. With these insights are tools to define a meaningful strategy, how to prioritize, and how to get things done.

A startup enxuta é um modelo de negócio que vem sendo amplamente adotado ao redor do mundo, mudando de maneira como companhias idealizam produtos e seus serviços. Pioneiro na implementação abordagem, Eric Ries define a startup como uma organização dedicada a criar algo novo sob condições incertas - e isso inclui tanto o jovem empreendedor que trabalha nessa oficina de casa quanto o profissional experiente em uma multinacional. Neste livro, Ries reúne histórias reais e exemplos de empresas que se transformaram ao implementar esse modelo revolucionário.

Inclusion is more than a moral obligation; it's a competitive advantage. Inclusive leadership expert Melissa Majors is an innovator and optimizer of inclusion, leadership, and education strategies. In The 7 Simple Habits of Inclusive Leaders, she reveals how great leaders enjoy superior team performance and drive much higher profitability by incorporating inclusive practices. Through storytelling, research, and personal experiences, she offers a common-sense yet compelling and actionable approach to inclusion.

Two high-powered consultants give executives the frameworks they need to solve one of today's most pressing challenges: how to achieve maximum revenue growth while adding as little complexity as possible to your business. Growth in the Age of Complexity is a high-level guide that offers six main strategies for growth and profits.

As a technologist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, Raj Vattikuti has the ideal background to outline the steps of creating a Digital Strategy. Ram Charan is one of the world's most influential consultants who brings deep business insight and understanding of digital business.