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Disrupt: Think the Unthinkable to Spark Transformation in Your Business
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Disrupt: Think the Unthinkable to Spark Transformation in Your Business

by Luke Williams
September 2015
Beginner to intermediate
224 pages
4h 54m
English
Pearson
Content preview from Disrupt: Think the Unthinkable to Spark Transformation in Your Business

Chapter 7. The Disruptive Leader’s Mindset: A Different Awareness

“Are people really going to do this? I would never do this.”

—Paul Graham, co-founder Y Combinator (Referring to Airbnb)1

If you’re in a leadership position in an organization that sees no need for change, you don’t have much motivation to break down ingredients (resources), rearrange them into new recipes (ideas), or create more value and wealth (growth), But if you want to succeed, you’ll have to start doing exactly that. And it all starts with changing the way you think and learning to question everything.

Conceptual Innovation: Self-Imposed Boundaries

Different organizations have different opinions about what kind of leadership behaviors will work best for them. However, most ...

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