Author Archives: Prasad

Donate to Help Haiti Earthquake Victims

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President Obama: Speech on intelligence failures

President Obama gave a speech on Jan 5, 2010 on the intelligence failures of the US Government. Did he succeed in being seen as a leader by using his communicative leadership intelligence ? Continue reading

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Understand your customer

On a Saturday some weeks ago, I was driving from Chapel Hill to Durham along a commuter-friendly back road. The car in front of me suddenly turned its hazard lights on and stopped. Luckily I was some distance and I … Continue reading

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Warren Buffet, Goldman Sachs,&Leadership Intelligences

Today’s Wall Street Journal reports that as recently as in March, Warren Buffet wrote to his shareholders expressing disdain for Wall Street firms, “You only learn who has been swimming naked when the tide goes out–and what we are witnessing … Continue reading

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Wilbur Ross: NPR Interview

NPR interviewed investor Wilbur Ross this morning. During the interesting interview, Ross revealed that he had tried to be a creative writer in his student days. What had he found useful from his creative writing training, however short-lived that was, … Continue reading

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Innovation Value Chain

Along the lines of Michael Porter’s value chain in strategy analysis, it is possible to conceptualize an innovation value chain. Often companies get stuck in a rut by confusing innovation with ideation and not moving beyond idea generation.Recently, researchers at … Continue reading

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