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Rookie Talent: Avoiding a Kodak Moment

Leading Blog

Although the recession ended in 2009, here we are five years later and unemployment for Generation Y (1982-1995) remains near its cyclical peak across the world. The lack of skill development and leadership development among Generation Y affects every generation. So how do we lead this generation of rookie talent?

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How U.S. Businesses Can Succeed in India in 2015

Harvard Business Review

On January 26, 2015, President Obama will become the first sitting U.S. Boeing India’s Dennis Swanson told Business Week that he expects to sign a new strategic partnership with an Indian company in 2015. President to visit India twice. It’s not just frothy internet startups that are doing well in India today.

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Why the Automation Boom Could Be Followed by a Bust

Harvard Business Review

Faced with labor shortages, companies will accelerate their investment in automation technologies. An $8 trillion investment boom would result in average annual US growth of about 3% and roughly 60% more economic output in 2030 than in 2015. times higher than today. The speed of change matters.

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Solving the Looming Talent Shortage in the Energy Industry

Harvard Business Review

The unprecedented loss of highly-skilled, senior workers is compounding challenges posed by aging infrastructure, rising power demand, and climate stress. By 2030, the BPC predicts , utilities in the United States will need to hire 150,000 additional workers in information-technology intensive roles. Encouraging trade skills.

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Lots of Employees Get Misclassified as Contractors. Here’s Why It Matters

Harvard Business Review

According to a 2009 report issued by the United States Government Accountability Office, a significant portion of independent contracting doesn’t pass the smell test and in fact represents misclassification of workers. For a deeper look into the distinctions under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the 2015 guidance document ).

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3 Ways to Get Your Own Digital Platform

Harvard Business Review

This is for organizations that want to diversify to include digital platforms but don’t currently have the skill sets or time to do it themselves. For most established players, the technology and skill gaps are intimidating, and it take years of effort to close them. Build it yourself.

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3 Entrepreneurs Who Made It Their Mission to Lower Health Care Costs

Harvard Business Review

He told us: “In a Phillips Leadership Conclave in 2009, I listened to the presentation of Dr. Aravind Srinivasan (from Aravind Eye Care Hospital , the world renowned low-cost eye hospital with a mission “to eliminate needless blindness”). Competitors used the expensive CCD technology for cameras. His life was set.