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Stepping Outside the Office to Drive Innovation and Insight
In The Leadership Challenge by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, the authors examine a core practice of effective leadership: Exercising Outsight. Driven leaders do not wait for breakthrough ideas or crucial information to find them inside a comfortable office—they actively search outside their immediate environment to learn, adapt, and innovate.

