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Craft a Remarkable Personal Brand Statement! 29 Steps & Examples

Miles Anthony Smith

Unlike a business, your personal brand doesn't have hours of operation, it simply is 24/7/365. I have a documented track record of business development, operational planning, and leadership. A pioneer in the field, Rand’s personal brand got strapped to a rocket when he started his company, Moz, in 2004.

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New Ways to Collaborate for Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

To overcome these problems, many companies are now using or experimenting with "idea management" software applications. IBM has accelerated collaboration with " innovation jams " that engage everyone in identifying opportunities. Brad Power (bradfordpower@gmail.com) is a consultant and researcher in process innovation.

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Does Hardware Even Matter Anymore?

Harvard Business Review

What I’m referring to is the migration of functionality from hardware to software. In more and more businesses, physical objects are no longer the primary basis for innovation and differentiation. They come second to innovations in computer code. That would be really hard to do with analog controls, but with software?

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Why Nordstrom’s Digital Strategy Works (and Yours Probably Doesn’t)

Harvard Business Review

But the truth is that, for the most part, they redefine minimum requirements for operating in a given industry — not advantages. Then, between 2004 and 2014, Nordstrom made an extraordinary series of investments, each aimed squarely at that same purpose of providing a fabulous customer experience. Sponsored by Accenture.

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Managing Performance When It’s Hard to Measure

Harvard Business Review

For example, building open source software, like we do at Red Hat, involves collaborating with people outside of the company who volunteer their efforts. That’s not a system that promotes innovation. Máirín started working at Red Hat as an intern and later joined us full time in 2004, after she graduated from college.

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How to Turn Around Nearly Anything

Harvard Business Review

I’ve been involved with turnarounds for years, including observing and writing about the Red Sox 2004 World Series win that reversed many decades of being almost-rans. Turnarounds operate on several time frames. Their game is baseball, my game is change. In turbulent times, turnarounds are increasingly a fact of life.

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Avoid the Improvement Hype Cycle

Harvard Business Review

Thus, today we have a number of process "religions": Statistical Process Control was followed by Total Quality Management, Business Reengineering, Six Sigma, Lean, and Business Process Management (BPM, which emphasizes process management software). Brad Power is a consultant and researcher in process innovation.