The Business of Innovation – Innovate or Die

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Innovation is the introduction of new things or methods and is the life blood of business today. Innovative companies realize remarkable marketplace rewards. The challenge before leaders is how to inspire their workforce to use the full measure of their creative power to advance the organization in new and better ways.

The Business of Innovation is a five part series created by CNBC in association with IBM. Within each episode, Maria Bartiromo and a distinguished panel of guests discuss what it takes to be an innovation leader.

Executive Vision – Being a Leader – A Job that’s Never Done: Energy

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Executive Vision is a five part series created by CNBC and sponsored by Credit Suisse. Within each episode, Melissa Francis, Simon Hobbs, and a group of distinguished guests discuss what it takes to be a visionary leader; guiding their companies to success within the rapidly changing global marketplace.

Distinguished Guests

  • General Wesley Clark, Co-Chairman Growth Energy
  • James Hackett, Chairman, President & CEO, Anadarko Petroleum
  • Suedeen G. Kelly, Commissioner, The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
  • T. Boone Pickens, Chairman, BP Capital, and Architect, “The Pickens Plan”
  • Jigar Shah, Founder, SunEdison and CEO, The Carbon War Room
  • Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Founder, The Center for Global Energy Studies and Saudi Oil Minister and Former Head, OPEC

Recommended Resource – Decision Points

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Decision Points
by former President George W. Bush

About the Reference

Decision Points by former U.S. President George W. Bush explores his decision-making and thought process when dealing with the major issues challenging his administration. Regardless of whether the reader fundamentally agrees with President Bush’s decisions, this book illustrates the many organizational, political, and social pressures that shape the decision-making processes as well as the use of multidiscipline teams, devil’s advocates, and redundant information sources. President Bush also highlights the many lessons learned through each of the complex decisions presented; what made aspects of each decision and its implementation successful and what could have been done better.

Benefits of Using this Reference

Complex decisions are never easy to make and no decision will ever please everyone. Decision Points provides an in-depth look at several of the decisions that are both familiar and shape our world today. StrategyDriven Contributors like Decision Points because President Bush’s candid reflection on his decision-making process and how he would improve on his decisions if he had the opportunity to remake them provides readers with incredibly insightful lessons learned that they can apply to their decision-making process. Additionally, many of the decision-making best practice recommendations found on the StrategyDriven website compliment those found in Decision Points; making this book a StrategyDriven recommended read.

Executive Vision – Leading in an Interconnected World: Transportation

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Executive Vision is a five part series created by CNBC and sponsored by Credit Suisse. Within each episode, Melissa Francis, Simon Hobbs, and a group of distinguished guests discuss what it takes to be a visionary leader; guiding their companies to success within the rapidly changing global marketplace.

Distinguished Guests

  • Robert Crandall, Former CEO, American Airlines
  • Tony Fernandes, CEO, Asia Air
  • John Krafcik, CEO, Hyundai Motor America
  • Anand Mahindra, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Mahindra & Mahindra
  • Elon Musk, CEO, Tesla Motors
  • David Neeleman, Founder, JetBlue
  • Dr. Beverly Scott, CEO, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority

Executive Vision – Building a Global Leadership Brand: Technology

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Executive Vision is a five part series created by CNBC and sponsored by Credit Suisse. Within each episode, Melissa Francis, Simon Hobbs, and a group of distinguished guests discuss what it takes to be a visionary leader; guiding their companies to success within the rapidly changing global marketplace.

Distinguished Guests

  • Dr. Jean Botti, Chief Technical Officer, EADS
  • Marissa Mayer, Vice-President, Search Products & User Experience, Google
  • Bill McDermott, President, Global Field Operations, SAP
  • Gerald Quindlen, President & CEO, Logitech
  • Ram Shriram, Founder, Sherpalo Ventures
  • Jimmy Wales, Co-Founder, Wikipedia