Left on Red: How to Ignite, Leverage and Build Visionary Organizations

ISBN-13: 9780470230237 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 256 str.

Bill Glynn

Opis

In Left on Red, venture capitalist and business innovator Bill Glynn reveals how visionary thinkers and risk-takers build great companies by doing the opposite of the expected. Today's coolest and most successful businesses?including Google, Apple, and YouTube?were built by people who break the rules and bring radical ideas to life. If you?re an entrepreneur or an executive, this book gives you the inspiration and the guidance to bring your radical ideas to life?and change the world in the process.

Recenzje

"This book provides inspiration and guidance for entrepreneurs and executives" (Strategy Magazine, December 2008)

Spis treści

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

FORWORD (Joel Barker).

I. THE VISIONARY.

1. Getting it.

2. Business is War.

3. The Great Escape.

II. THE FUTURE.

4. Not New Media a New Medium.

5. Web 5.0.

6. WEAINTGOTSH#%.COM.

III. THE ART OF A DEAL.

7. Deal Du Jour.

8. The Two–by–Four.

9. The Intellectual Desert.

10. Return on Innovation.

11. Go Large or Go Home.

IV. THE STRENGTH OF SOCIAL CAPITAL.

12. Shaking Hands and Kissing Babies.

13. Penguins and Polar Bears.

14. Life Leverage.

15. The Serengeti.

16. The World Is a Stage.

17. Ideation: The New Economy Fuel.

18. Take the Wheel.

AFTERWORD: ON BECOMING A STUDENT OF INNOVATION (Dr. Denis Waitley).

INDEX.

O autorze

Bill Glynn is the founder of Collective IQ, ranked the top Corporate Venture Capital platform in the world. He was instrumental in helping make instant messaging and online chat ubiquitous across the Web and was ranked by Information Week as one of the world′s top fifteen innovators. He is an advisor to some of the most influential business and entertainment personalities, over a dozen of the world′s most prestigious corporations, and world bodies focused on harmonizing humanity and the weaponization of science.

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Praise for Left on Red

"Bill Glynn has a unique ability to cut through the clutter and immediately identify what the key issues are facing businesses, executives, and entire industries, and solve them in real time. He can be brutally frank and about as subtle as a sledgehammer, but it is impressive how many times he turns out to be right."
Thomas Tull, CEO, Legendary Pictures

"In all my years of doing business with some of the world′s greatest leaders and most creative personalities, Billy G. is one of the smartest executives I′ve met. Left on Red is a manual for those who think differently."
Joel Katz, media icon

"Innovation is a way of life. To be achieved, companies must unlock the potential of their employees and surround themselves with thought leaders, allowing everyone to think differently. I encourage everyone I meet in business to pick up the phone or email Billy G. In the spirit of Left on Red, he is the ultimate super connector."
Glenn Armstrong, Vice President, Business Innovation, Amway, an Alticor business, one of the world′s largest private companies

"Billy G′s Left on Red is exactly what America needs right now to accelerate change and innovation."
Tony Jeary, strategic facilitator and coach to the world′s top CEOs

"Zone in. You don′t want to miss a thing here, lose your head, or worse, risk being left behind."
Greg Ray, CEO, International Speakers Bureau