Wed.Feb 01, 2012

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Losing the War of Talent, a Telling Leading Indicator – The Challenge for RIM (BlackBerry)

First Friday Book Synopsis

As in ancient times, talent has become the coin of the realm. Companies that multiply their human talents will prosper. Companies that don’t will struggle. Talented People are scarce. Ed Michaels, Helen Handfield-Jones, Beth Axelrod: The War for Talent ————— So, here’s the problem. People want to work with, and for, a winner.

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Creating Demand: The Secrets of Truly Magnetic Offers

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How do some companies generate runaway growth and extraordinary customer loyalty, even in a sluggish economy? Adrian Slywotzky, an Oliver Wyman senior partner and bestselling author, examines the unpredictable dynamics of demand creation in his latest book, Demand: Creating What People Love Before They Know They Want It. With engaging stories, Slywotzky pulls back the [.].

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Harvard Business Review on Aligning Technology with Strategy: A book review by Bob Morris

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Harvard Business Review on Aligning Technology with Strategy Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How and why technology should support your organization’s strategy…not the other way around This is one of the volumes in a series of anthologies of articles that first appeared in Harvard Business Review. Having read all of them when they [.].

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Why You Should Stop Trying to Delight Your Customers: The Idea in Practice

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Here is an article written by Matthew Dixon, Lara Ponomareff, and Anastasia Milgramm for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * The notion of going above and beyond customer needs [.].

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