Ideas
Why Good Ideas Don’t See the Light of Day
Idea posted: October 2016
Institutions: Stanford Graduate School of Business
Creativity is generating creative ideas. Innovation is successfully implementing creative ideas. Past researchers have connected creators to implementation by looking at such factors as network position: if creators have the…
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Why Good Bosses Tune Into Their People
Idea posted: February 2013
Institutions: Stanford Graduate School of Business
Leaders can have a ripple effect through their company, particularly those in the C-suite; their actions reverberate throughout the organization, with followers sometimes even mimicking them. The CEO of BAE…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #093
Why Goliaths and Davids Are Poor Network Partners
Idea posted: December 2018
Institutions: King's College London Freie Universität Berlin
Can organizations of vastly different sizes collaborate effectively? An intriguing case study based on 25 interviews with the actors involved offers a sobering answer: perhaps, but it will be a…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #721
Why Gender Differences in Shopping Styles Are Stronger than National Differences
Idea posted: July 2019
Institutions:
Most people will agree – and academic research supports them – that men and women have different shopping styles. Women are more likely than men to see shopping as a…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #746
Why Followers Make Great Leaders
Idea posted: January 2024
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One of the dominant assumptions in leadership theory is that some people are meant to lead and others are meant to follow. This assumption is based on the belief that…
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Why Flat Information Structures Enable Creative Thinking
Idea posted: May 2017
Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management
Creativity occurs when pieces of information are put together in novel and useful ways. ‘Information’ here is used broadly, and includes objects, symbols and facts. This broad concept of information…
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Why First-Time Managers Need More Development Support
Idea posted: February 2015
Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®) Davidson College
A Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) survey of first-time managers attending its Maximizing Your Leadership Potential (MLP) program offers some insight into the challenges first-time managers face. The 12 top…
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Why Extraverts Don’t Necessarily Make Good Leaders
Idea posted: January 2024
Institutions: State University of New York At Buffalo School of Management Louisiana State University School of Leadership and Human Resource Development Drexel University Management Department
One resilient conclusion from leadership commentators and observers is the connection between extraversion and leadership—that is, extraverted individuals are more likely to become leaders than introverted individuals. Leadership research, however,…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #871
Why Equity-Based Incentives Work Below the C-Suite
Idea posted: October 2015
Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management University of Windsor Odette School of Business
Equity-based incentives, such as restricted stock grants or options, are common for C-suite corporate executives. This is not surprising as they have corporate-level responsibilities. For business-unit managers in decentralized corporations,…
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