Mavericks at Work LP
 

Mavericks at Work LP

by William C. Taylor, Polly G. LaBarre

Business as usual is a bust. The old guard is losing ground, whereas the upstarts—the mavericks—are growing fast. The reason? In an age of hyper-competition and nonstop innovation, the only way to stand out is to be truly original.

That's the lesson behind the companies and people in Mavericks at Work. They are winning big by rethinking the logic of how business gets done and... (read more)

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A brilliant book on strategy and the way a company can make itself stand out. One area of emphasis is the values that the company stands for, and advocacy as strategy. Another area is utilizing external innovation for creating products eg: P&G’s Connect + Develop where they have a system in place to make use of innovators such as individuals or other organizations. Examples in the book range from strategies of ING Direct, Southwest Airlines, a low-cost airlines service in the US, Cirque de...

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