Bill Taylor
of Author, Practically Radical
Bill Taylor is a writer, a speaker, and entrepreneur who has shaped the global conversation about the best ways to compete, innovate, and succeed. As a cofounder and founding editor of Fast Company, Bill launched a magazine that won countless awards, and earned a passionate following among executives and entrepreneurs around the world. His previous book (with Polly LaBarre), Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win, was a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, and was named a "Business Book of the Year" by The Economist and the Financial Times.
Bill's just-published book, Practically Radical, is already a Wall Street Journal bestseller. Bestselling author Daniel H. Pink calls Practically Radical "the most powerful and instructive change manual you'll ever read." Anne Mulcahy, former chairman and CEO of Xerox, calls it "a handbook for successful transformation and a great tutorial for implementing your change agenda." Arianna Huffington says: "The ideas are fresh, the advice is stuff you can actually use, and the results will be tangible."
Bill writes a popular management blog for Harvard Business Review. He is an adjunct lecturer at Babson College and the co-author of three other books on strategy, leadership, and innovation. A graduate of Princeton University and the MIT Sloan School of Management, Bill lives in Wellesley, Massachusetts with his wife and two daughters.
Blog Posts by Bill Taylor
Why It's Logical to Go Radical
Not long ago, I was in the audience at a symposium organized by the leaders of the Henry Ford Health System, a $4-billion-a-year health-and-hospital company based in Detroit. The organization's leaders had called the symposium to explain to local executives why they were making the biggest strategic bet in the system's history since its founding by Henry Ford himself back in 1915.
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A Game Plan for Game Changers: Get Practically Radical with Bill Taylor
Agenda-setting thinker, author, and entrepreneur Bill Taylor had an energetic conversation about change, innovation, and success with MIX Editorial Director Polly LaBarre. For a recap of the webinar, visit opensource.com.My Videos
Bill Taylor: Do you have the heart to win?
Success is not just about thinking harder than the competition—it’s also about caring more, says MIX Maverick and Practically Radical author Bill Taylor. The deeper your emotional commitment—to your customers, your colleagues, all of your stakeholders—the deeper your impact.
Bill Taylor: Do you have the heart to win?
by Bill Taylor
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Success is not just about thinking harder than the competition—it’s also about caring more, says MIX Maverick and Practically Radical author Bill Taylor. The deeper your emotional commitment—to your customers, your colleagues, all of your stakeholders—the deeper your impact.
Bill Taylor: Are you a problem solver or a solution finder?
by Bill Taylor
9:58
MIX Maverick and Practically Radical author Bill Taylor argues that the best leaders don’t have all the answers—they know where to look for them and how to bring the hidden genius in (and the collective genius around) their organizations to light.
Bill Taylor: Forget benchmarking—develop a wide-angle POV
by Bill Taylor
9:10
Don’t let what you know limit what you can imagine, says MIX Maverick and Practically Radical author Bill Taylor. Widen your field of vision—and find new ideas in unlikely places.
