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New Year. New Leader.

Lead Change Blog

Here they are: Daniel Pink – In 2015, London-based Thinkers 50 named him, alongside Michael Porter and Clayton Christensen, as one of the top 10 business thinkers in the world. Bill George – He has taught leadership since 2004 and is a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, where.

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Getting Smarter about the Teen Journey

Building Personal Strength

Toronto: Key Porter, 2009) Sheryl Feinstein, Parenting the Teenage Brain: Understanding a Work in Progress (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2007) Sheryl G. This week I've started reading some of the popular books on the topic. In case you're interested. New York: Anchor, 2003) David Walsh, Ph.D. Why Do They Act That Way?

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What Is Strategy, Again?

Harvard Business Review

It was this received opinion Michael Porter was questioning when, in 1979, he mapped out four additional competitive forces in “ How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy.” In “ What Is Strategy ,” Porter argues against a bevy of alternate views, both old and then new, that were circulating in the intervening years.

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The Secret to Alibaba’s Culture Is Jack Ma’s Apartment

Harvard Business Review

That choice cuts to the heart of Alibaba, according to Porter Erisman, who served as a vice president at the company from 2000 to 2008, and whose documentary on his time there debuted in 2012. Jack Ma’s First Day Speech in Alibaba Apartment from Taluswood Films on Vimeo. “Alibaba was started in Hupan Garden.

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What We Talk About When We Talk About "Social"

Harvard Business Review

The term "social media" was popularized by Chris Shipley in 2004 , as she described the impact of influencers and bloggers in shaping product adoption, more so than traditional media outlets. Some people tie it to Michael Porter's Shared Value concept. So let's try to disambiguate the terms so we all know what we're talking about.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

Michel Porter and Mark Kramer pioneered the idea of “creating shared value,” arguing that businesses can generate economic value by identifying and addressing social problems that intersect with their business. Coca-Cola, for example, faced a water shortage in India that forced it to shut down one of its plants in 2004.