Entrepreneur and author Amy Wilkinson speaks with Inc.com’s Idea-Lab senior editor Maria Aspan about her new book The Creator’s Code and what she learned from interviewing many of today’s most successful entrepreneurs Learn more about the Book and watch this and several other useful and informative videos on this site here  

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Theodore Kinni -Senior Editor, Books at strategy + business magazine: In late 1999, while still the 800-lb gorilla in the video rental market, Blockbuster Video called in some outside help to address its biggest customer complaint: late fees. One of the calls was to Michael Schrage, then research associate at MIT Media Lab, whose book,

from McKinsey Quarterly- by Pierre Gurdjian, Thomas Halbeisen, and Kevin Lane: Sidestepping 4 common mistakes can help companies develop stronger and more capable leaders, save time and money, and boost morale. “We’ve talked with hundreds of chief executives about the struggle, observing both successful initiatives and ones that run into the sand. In the process,

from McKinsey Quarterly-by Nate Boaz and Erica Ariel Fox: Anyone who pulls the organization in new directions must look inward as well as outward. Leo Tolstoy, the Russian novelist, famously wrote, “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” Tolstoy’s dictum is a useful starting point for any executive engaged