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Procter & Gamble and Innovation in Asia

Harvard Business Review

As promised , I asked Bruce Brown , P&G's CTO, one of the questions readers submitted last week: "As you look forward into the future what do you see as P&G's largest challenges, as seen through your eyes as CTO?" A*STAR Managing Director Low Teck Seng used that phrase to describe how Singapore appears on a map. The Red Dot."

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Make Your Innovative Idea Seem Less Terrifying

Harvard Business Review

In 2010, the first year, the event was fledgling, but charming. She loved her job, and with a background in public affairs in communications had been successful in both international business and management roles. She also believed that Sanofi’s competitive edge was at risk because of this narrow approach to talent management.

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Act Like a Leader Before You Are One

Harvard Business Review

Find out what keeps your manager up at night and propose solutions to those problems. It''s appropriate to raise your ambitions with your manager if you have a trusting, solid relationship, but frame them in a way that focuses on what''s best for the company. "Show her that you''re willing to pick up the baton on important projects."

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The Professional’s Guide to a Stress-Free Vacation

Harvard Business Review

Employees need to have time away from managers so that they can grow,” says Edinger. Manage your re-entry. Until this summer, Matthew Bellows hadn’t taken more than a few days’ vacation since 2010, when he launched Yesware, a Boston-based email productivity and tracking tool for salespeople. Case study #1: Trust your team.

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C'mon, IT Leaders. Take a Chance!

Harvard Business Review

Measurement risk: Fail to measure the real goal of innovation, focus on project progress rather than value created and turning management measures into goals instigating aberrant behavior. IT creates risk confusing leadership, governance, and managing. The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer. IT management'