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Guest Blogger Julie Freeman: The Trustworthy Leader

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It’s a common sense notion that is also supported by work of the International Association of Business Communicators Research Foundation in its 2000 research study on measuring organizational trust and confirmed in Building the High Trust Organization, published in 2010. But not all communication effectively builds trust.

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2008 Quought for the Day #14 – Steve Shapiro | Rajesh Setty

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In 2001 he left the management consulting world to write his first book, “24/7 Innovation: A Blueprint for Surviving and Thriving in an Age of Change” (McGraw-Hill). © 2005 - 2010 Rajesh Setty Podcast Powered by podPress (v8.8) rajesh301 on Why MANY smart people think they deserve a better position at work?

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Failing Toward Success at Google

Harvard Business Review

Google Wave (May 2009 to August 2010). Google SearchWiki (November 2008 to March 2010). Radically different business model with assumptions that didn't apply. Google Catalogs (December 2001 to January 2009). As with radio, Google thought it could bring its business model to the world of newspaper advertising.

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HP's Decade-Long Departure

Harvard Business Review

HP's sudden departure from a business model that has sustained the company since inception is symptomatic of the passing of an era. On September 3, 2001, HP announced that they would acquire Compaq. •On On October 23, 2001, Apple announced the iPod. In 2010 the game was over. Why is that?

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Kodak’s Downfall Wasn’t About Technology

Harvard Business Review

How Digital Business Models Are Changing. Before Mark Zuckerberg wrote a line of Facebook’s code, Kodak made a prescient purchase, acquiring a photo sharing site called Ofoto in 2001. Maybe in 2010 it would have lured a young engineer from Google named Kevin Systrom to create a mobile version of the site.

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The Future Economy Project: Q&A with Marne Levine

Harvard Business Review

When I joined Facebook in 2010, it was already well established that sustainability was central to the way that we operated. Before 2010, most of the energy powering these data centers was coming from coal. “Look at sustainability as part of your business model; don’t look at it as a side initiative.”

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How to Anticipate a Burning Platform

Harvard Business Review

At the same time, the New York company launched a Silicon Valley start-up with a separate mission, management team, and business model while leveraging vital assets of the parent. By 2010, it would have been too late to act, as we saw with the Border's bankruptcy. Consider how narrow B&N's window was.

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