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As Work Changes, Leadership Development Has to Keep Up

Harvard Business Review

Work is being disaggregated into tasks that can be dispersed inside and outside of the organization — the “uberization” of work. IBM has been building a talent system that both aligns with and accelerates this phenomenon of the external disaggregation of work. ” Let’s go back to the IBM example.

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Why You Should Let a 5-Year Old Design Your Next Product

Harvard Business Review

Getting toothpaste onto a toothbrush can be messy if your fine motor skills are still developing. This five-year old is able to be the inventor without also creating a company because of a product innovation company called Quirky. And, of course, this slowed innovation and restrained market outcomes. Yeah, sure," he replied.