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On Judgment - What John W. Gardner Told Me about Leadership

Building Personal Strength

Gardner (1912-2002). I wasn't one of the lucky ones ultimately chosen, but during the selection process it was my was good fortune to sit next to John Gardner during lunch. For example, I've learned which part of the brain performs the mental operation we call "judgment." Copyright 2012. That was over 30 years ago.

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China’s Economy, in Six Charts

Harvard Business Review

Its gross domestic product has surged from less than $150 billion in 1978 to $8,227 billion in 2012 (see “China’s GDP” chart below). In the process, more than 600 million people have escaped poverty. percent average annual increase in GDP in 1990 to 2002, and 7.2 percentage points in 1990-2002, and 0.3

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The IT Challenge of the London Olympics

Harvard Business Review

The fact is, London 2012 is the largest and most sophisticated sports information technology (IT) project of all time. It has been our responsibility to lead the consortium of IT partners involved in designing, building, and operating the massive, mission critical IT infrastructure and solutions that support the Games.

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How to (Gradually) Become a Different Company

Harvard Business Review

For example, it took Umicore, a global materials technology group, five years (2002–2007) to lay the basis for its transformation from a commodity supplier of base metals into a premium provider of emission control catalysts, rechargeable battery materials and other value-added solutions.

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Don’t Acquire a Company Before You’ve Asked These Questions

Harvard Business Review

Notably tech firms acquired an average 250 tech companies annually between 2002 and 2011 and 350 in the years since. Second, companies are attempting to pick up talent they suspect they cannot recruit directly – often as a catalyst to a broader digital transformation, or as a challenge to their existing IT operations.

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How the Best Restaurants in the World Balance Innovation and Consistency

Harvard Business Review

In my work studying and consulting with innovative companies, I’ve found that this balance is best achieved through dedicated time and space for research and experimentation, as well as a thorough process for both iterating on and standardizing new inventions. Let’s consider an example.