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Pretotyping Explained: Why Google, Tech Innovators Set Out to Fail Fast
Pretotyping is the key to market innovation, according to a technology entrepreneur who once held the title of innovation agitator at Google. Alberto Savoia, the founder of Pretotype Labs and former ...
Leadership Lesson From QBE’s Becker: Don’t Sell Beyond Your Natural Brand
Every executive who successfully seals a deal, launches a product or tests an innovative idea also makes mistakes at some time during his or her career. Here, Marty Becker, Chairman of the Board at ...
Spreading the Word: 12 Steps to Promote Insurance Careers
If you have talked to a young person on the job hunt lately, you have likely heard them yearning for a job that's stable and rewarding and that offers limitless growth opportunities. Risk management ...
Leadership Lessons Learned: Nationwide’s Miller on the Importance of Ambiguity
Every executive who successfully seals a deal, launches a product or tests an innovative idea also makes mistakes at some time during his or her career. Here, Michael Miller, President of Nationwide ...
Markel Strategy: Growing a Company ‘Built to Last’
Wall Street and financial analysts like to focus on next quarter's profits and losses. But such an approach is not always the best way to run a business for the long term, affirmed Richie Whitt, ...
Markel Proves That Co-CEOs Work Effectively Together
In an industry where large egos are generally the rule, rather than the exception, Markel Corp.'s leadership structure could be deemed a bit unusual—and, as a result, doesn't exist in many ...
For Great Leaders, Failure Matters as Much as Success
Failure is as much a part of life as success, and so it is the case with chief executives and other leaders. Every executive that successfully seals a deal, launches a product or tests an innovative ...
A Look Back and Ahead With Nationwide Ventures’ Michael Miller
Michael Miller, the longtime president and chief operating officer of Scottsdale Insurance Co., has stepped into a new executive role with corporate parent Nationwide where he'll manage and spearhead ...