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CHAPTER 5

Momentum

Momentum in business is the same as it is in physics: a body at rest stays at rest, and a body in motion stays in motion. Put a little differently, momentum is the self-reinforcing cycle for growing innovation that results from actively championing and celebrating inspiration.

You have to give the potatoes room to breathe. That simple statement changed the way that the folks at a large wireless services company think about leading organizations. It came at the very end of a yearlong leadership development program for high-potential executives, which was designed and led by Alicia Mandel and Courtney Harrison. The statement ...

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