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Nickname: bruhad
Review: This is really wonderful article. It's for all those who lose faith in themselves after facing failure. This article is a confidence booster for them and I really appreciate the fact that such articles are published. Pleases present more such articles.
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Date reviewed: Jul 11, 2006 8:54 AM
Nickname: jl
Review: I really liked the article. I believe in risk taking. If you want to innovate, you have to take some swings.
Date reviewed: Jul 7, 2006 1:58 PM
Nickname: Oliver
Review: Great article. I love it. In today's business economy where everyone is in search of growth it is important to integrate into corporate cultures the appetite for risk. This will enable more innovation, and force some senior manager to go out of their comfort zone--a real challenge for some of them who don't have project management knowledge.
Date reviewed: Jul 5, 2006 2:14 PM
Nickname: Steve
Review: These things have been written about many times in countless business books over the years. Problem is, a corporation has no memory, no knowledge. Only people do. So a corporation by itself only loses upon failure. Success is better. Failure can pay dividends, but only to people.
Date reviewed: Jul 4, 2006 1:22 PM
Nickname: dd
Review: There is nothing like calculated risk when it comes to innovation. It's newness of the change and its risky adoption that is driven by vision and smart working.
Date reviewed: Jul 4, 2006 7:15 AM
Nickname: jd
Review: Very insightful, one of the best articles I've read in recent times.
Date reviewed: Jul 3, 2006 5:56 PM
Nickname: link
Review: The article is worthy of a C-level office memo by the CEO. Great job! The next step is for the company to reach out and find "innovators with good ideas and who know how to execute"--outside of their company, often outside their industry. These individuals can work with C-level and SVPs to innovate, customize, and execute and are very willing to hand over the new ideas as part of a services contract. If anyone needs help finding someone let me know. 804.244.1961 - Link.
Date reviewed: Jul 3, 2006 4:03 PM
Nickname: Aster
Review: I agree to a large extent with the above article. Failures are not bad. It is very difficult for a lot of people to agree on this point. The one matter that should however be taken into consideration is to learn from each failure and also that whenever a risky proposition is taken a good amount of ananlysis and risk study should be done so as to take an educated step in the endeavour. Unless a study is done into this aspect a failure cannot be well justified.
Date reviewed: Jul 3, 2006 7:48 AM
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