Thinkers50 Awards Shortlist announced

Oct. 6, 2011 - PRLog -- THE BREAKTHROUGH IDEA AWARD SHORTLIST
Which management idea has emerged over the last two years with the potential to change the world? We are looking for ideas, which, practically and inspirationally, challenge managers to change their worlds.

Shortlist:
Vijay Govindarajan: The $300 house.

Umair Haque: Capitalism 2.0.

Roger Martin: Integrative Thinking

Michael Porter: Shared Value

Linda Scott: The Double X Economy

Theresa Amabile: The Progress Principle


THE LEADERSHIP AWARD SHORTLIST 2011
Sponsored by the Open University
Which thinker has contributed most significantly to our understanding of leadership over the last two years?

Shortlist:

Herminia Ibarra

Marcus Buckingham

Linda Hill

Marshall Goldsmith

Jeffrey Pfeffer

Rob Goffee & Gareth Jones


THE GLOBAL VILLAGE AWARD SHORTLIST 2011
This award is given to the thinker who has contributed most to our understanding of globalisation and the new frontiers established by the emerging markets.

Shortlist:

Tom Friedman

Pankaj Ghemawat

Nirmalya Kumar

Don Tapscott

Fons Trompenaars

Haiyan Wang


THE INNOVATION AWARD SHORTLIST 2011
Sponsored by Fujitsu
Which management thinker is re-shaping the way we think about and practice innovation?

Shortlist:

Henry Chesbrough

Clayton Christensen

Vijay Govindarajan

Joi Ito

Costas Markides

Theresa Amabile


THE STRATEGY AWARD SHORTLIST 2011
If you were the CEO of a major corporation who would you turn to for practical and imaginative strategic advice? Who could see your world in a new light and figure out a way through the competitive complexity?

Shortlist:

Richard D'Aveni

W Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne

Michael Porter

Richard Rumelt

Henry Mintzberg

Rita McGrath


THE FUTURE THINKER AWARD SHORTLIST 2011
Which thinker has emerged over the last two years with the potential to change the world of theory and practice?

Shortlist:

Ranjay Gulati

Umair Haque

Chip & Dan Heath

Sung Joo Kim

Lucy Marcus

Dong Mingzhu


THE THINKERS 50 BOOK AWARD SHORTLIST 2011
Which business book has made the outstanding contribution to management thinking over the last two years?

Shortlist:

Julian Birkinshaw – Reinventing Management (Jossey-Bass)
Pankaj Ghemawat – World 3.0 (HBR Press)
Roger Martin – Fixing the Game (HBR Press)
Vineet Nayer (Indian) – Employees First, Customers Second (HBR Press)
Richard Rumelt – Good Strategy/Bad Strategy (Profile)
Don Tapscott & Anthony D. Williams – Macrowikinomics (Portfolio Penguin)
Linda Hill and Kent Lineback – Being the Boss (HBR Press)

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