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Lessons in Leadership to Last a Lifetime

Leading Blog

It’s been about 20 years since I returned to MIT from Akamai, and businesses now routinely spend billions of dollars per year teaching employees “soft” leadership skills like the ones I just listed. a start-up that was acquired by Intel in 2009. a start-up that was acquired by Intel in 2009.

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Is Outsourcing R&D Hurting U.S. Manufacturing?

Harvard Business Review

While speaking a few months ago to the Chief Technology Officer of a highly diversified Fortune 500 manufacturer, I asked if he was able to fill all the science and engineering jobs required at his growing company. I can fill the jobs, he said, and most of the talent coming out of the U.S. About 15.7%