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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 5 of 7

Strategy Driven

Contemporary information systems are blind to many of the key drivers of productivity and have consistently failed in their quest to integrate the diverse operations of a company. But a new generation of coordination tools is available, and the innovators of the world are using them. About the Author. Consider leaving a comment!

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How to Revive a Tired Network

Harvard Business Review

Make you more innovative. It’s the channel through which you sell your initiatives to the people you depend on for cooperation and support. Breadth: How Diverse Is Your Network? The value of diverse relationships lies not only in what your contacts can do for you, but also on what you can do for them.

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The 2010 Execution Round-Up: Six Companies That Couldn't 'Get It.

Strategy Driven

Closing the Execution Gap : How Great Leaders and Their Companies Get Results by Richard Lepsinger If an organization can’t execute its plans and initiatives, nothing else matters: not the most solid, well thought-out strategy, not the most innovative business model, not even technological breakthroughs that could transform an industry.