Larsen & Lifescience Alley Present Mavericks at Work on October 25

Minneapolis | October 9, 2007

Mavericks at Work: Why playing it safe may no longer be playing it smart

Polly LaBarre is a provocative and inspiring voice on business and innovation. A bestselling author, agenda-setting writer, speaker, and television correspondent, she has contributed to the business conversation in a range of forums for over a dozen years.

Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win, LaBarre's book, is the product of a far-ranging, multi-year exploration of business at its best. Mavericks represents in-depth access to some of the world's most creative companies, courageous leaders, and disruptive experiments in reinventing the logic of how business gets done.

The book offers a bold idea agenda and powerful next practices that amount to a business plan for the 21st century. In the tradition of In Search of Excellence and Good to Great, the book has been published worldwide. LaBarre currently brings her passion for identifying the big ideas and framing the big questions that will rule the future of business to her role as Business and Innovation correspondent for CNN.

Learn the lessons behind the companies, executives and entrepreneurs that are winning big in business by rethinking the logic of how business gets done. Tap into the creativity of these breakthrough mavericks to design a plan that can work for your business.

Date

October 25, 2007
Registration: 7:30 am – 8:00 am
Program: 8:00 am – 9:30 am

Location

Nicollet Island Pavilion
40 Power Street
Minneapolis, MN 55401
Phone: 612.253.0255

Located in downtown Minneapolis, next to the Nicollet Island Inn.

Registration

Through Lifescience Alley programs and events.