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IBM Focuses HR on Change

Harvard Business Review

In their role of stewards of policy compliance, they can tend to be a brake on change. Over the last decade, HR at IBM took a number of steps to help drive operational improvement: Delivered the new skills IBM needed at the front lines. In growth markets like Kenya and Malaysia, people needed to develop marketing and innovation skills.

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How Digital Health Care Can Help Prevent Chronic Diseases Like Diabetes

Harvard Business Review

We studied Omada’s program as part of our Harvard Medical School initiative to identify and share knowledge about innovative approaches to major health challenges that primary care providers play the lead in treating. Omada encourages members to establish a routine for weighing in every day (e.g.,

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The CEO of Kimberly-Clark on Building a Sustainable Company

Harvard Business Review

Tom Falk, the CEO of Kimberly-Clark Corporation since 2002, talks about how the paper company is taking on environmental issues and has been practicing sustainability for 140 years. We require all of our suppliers to abide by the social compliance standards that we set. Corporate social responsibility Sustainability'

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