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Productivity Growth During The Digital Age Could Be Higher Than We Think

The Horizons Tracker

In 1987 economist Robert Solow famously said that the computer age was everywhere except for the productivity statistics. Despite the tremendous investments in quite noticeable technological breakthroughs since then, productivity growth in many G20 countries has been sluggish for some time. ” Under-reported growth.

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Management Tools For Leaders: Red Ocean/Blue Ocean Strategy

Rich Gee Group

History: Red Ocean/Blue Ocean is a strategy developed by W. McDonald’s is in a fiercely competitive fast-food industry with aggressive discounts, new product variations, and high-profile commercials. With the iPod in 2001 and iPhone in 2007, they didn’t just create a successful product, they created a new category of product.

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Transforming Chit Chat into Productivity

Leadership Freak

Doug Conant, CEO of Campbell’s Soup (2001 to 2011) knows how to stay on task; all successful leaders do. He’s setting up his office in Philadelphia after retiring from Campbell’s on July 31. When he picked up the phone, he was unpacking boxes. I asked him what was happening in his life. Doug has a [.].

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An Overview: Agile and Enterprise Architecture

Strategy Driven

Back in 2001, what we know today as the Agile Manifesto was born , by the hand of several American CEOs of the technology sector (software) and they decided to combine various ideas to propose an alternative to the slow working methods that were not responding to the current ones needs, before your organization and your customers.

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On Disrupting Yourself

QAspire

During 2001 dot com bubble, one of my friends, a competent software developer, was laid off because of lack of business in the technology he worked in. He was smart enough to understand that the company needed people in a new project that was to be developed on a totally different technology.

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Rekindling the Inner Flame in Others, and in Ourselves

Michael Lee Stallard

Doug Conant’s Story: Being Honored and Honoring Others Doug Conant is the leader who turned around Campbell Soup Company when he served as President and CEO (2001-2011). In particular, we wanted to know more about him as a person and how he developed into a leader who cares about people. Who had influenced him?

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Leading With Character: Gratitude

Michael Lee Stallard

To develop gratitude in his character and boost his own happiness, productivity and creativity, Harvard psychology professor Tal Ben-Shahar keeps a diary where each day he records three things for which he is grateful. Three Actions You Can Take to Develop Gratitude as a Leader. Examples of Gratitude in Action.