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2010: The Year the Cloud Rolled In

Harvard Business Review

It became clear to me as I watched the digital economy in 2010 that we had passed a tipping point and moved into a new age of technology use. The Cloud Era is about the cloud, and also about three other fundamental trends in computing that became unmistakable in 2010. 25 billion tweets were sent in 2010.

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How to Compete Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders

Skip Prichard

If you keep following the edges and watch what the youngsters are doing, it gives you a pretty good idea of what’s coming.” By contrast, Tesla grew up in Europe and showed early signs of genius. For example, Bezos has developed deep expertise in software engineering, robotics, information technology, devices (e.g.,

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Selfless Leadership: Putting Our Cause First | StrategyDriven

Strategy Driven

First we must choose to lead, and then others must choose to follow. Leadership is, after all, dependent on one’s ability to gain followers, so leaders must give others a reason to follow them. Most of us want to follow someone in whom we believe. We can’t just wake up one morning and become selfless leaders.

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A Global Online Network Lets Health Professionals Share Expertise

Harvard Business Review

The team launched GHDonline in June 2008 with public communities in tuberculosis-infection control, drug-resistant tuberculosis, adherence and retention, and health information technology. The public could read the discussions and posts but only those who signed up could contribute to discussions.

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The Rise of Data-Driven Decision Making Is Real but Uneven

Harvard Business Review

Growing opportunities to collect and leverage digital information have led many managers to change how they make decisions – relying less on intuition and more on data. manufacturing nearly tripled between 2005 and 2010, from 11% to 30% of plants. If all we have are opinions, let’s go with mine.”

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To Make Better Decisions, Combine Datasets

Harvard Business Review

Companies have developed models that indicate which customers are likely to defect, what advertising pitches they will respond to, how likely a debtor is to default (and what can be done to avoid making loans to that person), what will prompt donors to up the ante on their giving, and even who is likely to pay more for services like car insurance.

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Stop Doing Low-Value Work

Harvard Business Review

In the past, time management experts would recommend that you divide up your work into A tasks, B tasks, and C tasks. Doing all aspects of a job seemed possible then, if you just followed some basic time management rules. Between January 2008 and February 2010, 8.8 No matter the job, everyone ended up with a lot more work.