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How to Compete Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders

Skip Prichard

and Musk’s approach works well when there is a lot of technological uncertainty (can we build it?). “I I think it’s very helpful to cross-fertilize ideas from different industries.” For example, Bezos has developed deep expertise in software engineering, robotics, information technology, devices (e.g., 2010): 253-269. [6]

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Solving the Looming Talent Shortage in the Energy Industry

Harvard Business Review

By 2030, the BPC predicts , utilities in the United States will need to hire 150,000 additional workers in information-technology intensive roles. A digitally-skilled workforce is vital to help deploy advanced digital technologies that can streamline and automate grid operations.

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The Unnoticed Analyst: Can analytics succeed while going unnoticed.

Strategy Driven

Posted by Thornton May on November 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment The classic Harvard Business School case “Otisline (A)” 1 begins with the quote, “… our objective is to go unnoticed.” The case instructs students in the value of deconstructing an industry into its component parts.

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Selfless Leadership: Putting Our Cause First | StrategyDriven

Strategy Driven

About the Author Doug Moran has more than twenty-five years of leadership experience in a variety of industries. The firm focuses on leadership development, organization excellence and information technology. Doug is the author of the forthcoming book, If You Will Lead : Enduring Wisdom for 21st-Century Leaders.

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The Rise of the COO

Harvard Business Review

Of the 97 largest listed companies in the UK and the Eurozone in 2010, only 37 had a COO in their executive ranks. In several industries, such as consumer goods, financial services, industrial products, and logistics, COOs usually had backgrounds in either managing operations or information technology departments.

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A Global Online Network Lets Health Professionals Share Expertise

Harvard Business Review

With guidance from Paul English, chief technology officer of Kayak, we borrowed a common tool from business — professional virtual communities (PVCs) — and adapted it to leverage the wisdom of the crowds. In business, PVCs are used for knowledge management and exchange across multiple organizations, industries, and geographies.

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Searching for Health Care's Entrepreneurial Spirit

Harvard Business Review

Think instead about other industries. When people want financial information, they can get it right away, day or night. Critical information is stored centrally and accessed wherever it is convenient. Convenience and coordination are the standards for most industries - but medicine falls far short.