ENTREPRENEURSHIP OF ALL KINDS

In January I  went with a large group of Babson students to Ghana. In the evenings, students meet with individuals who have concerns about their own businesses, most of which are located in a small kiosk, in the market, or on the side of the road. As always, the students find grappling with the everyday …

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In Chapter one of The New Entrepreneurial Leader, I wrote, “Entrepreneurs need the skills and the knowledge to define the world rather than be defined by it” (p. 25). The most thought-provoking and still not completely answered question is how do entrepreneurs define the world? I offer a way of thinking called cognitive ambidexterity that …

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I do a lot of research and writing on analytics, and like seemingly everyone these days I am looking into the world of “big data.” Yesterday I had an interview with DJ Patil, one of the original “data scientists” (he coined the title!) at LinkedIn and a major guru in the big data world. He’s …

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My chapter in The New Entrepreneurial Leader  has two main goals. First, to illustrate clear examples where social and environmental issues and the creation of shareholder value go hand-in-hand. These examples show clearly that companies can do good things for the environment and other stakeholders, while at the same time improving the bottom line and impacting their …

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Bob Turner, chapter author, The New Entrepreneurial Leader Book www.newleaderbook.com , offers  a better sense of the practical role accounting can play in delivering value creation beyond economic profit and loss.   Tweet