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Do Entrepreneurs Learn From Their Experiences?

The Horizons Tracker

The entrepreneurial learning curve is often an extremely steep one, with entrepreneurs picking up the tools of the trade at a rapid pace as they try to grow their businesses. Research from Harvard Business School shows, however, that the learning curve may not be quick enough.

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Social Media Demystified

N2Growth Blog

Blogging since 2002, being actively involved in digital marketing since the early 90′s, and being online since the days of the ARPANET I have a bit of history with most things digital. Successful businesses adapt to market innovations and thrive, while those that fail to make iterative leaps fall by the wayside.

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When People Don't Know. a Guest Post from Steve Roesler

Kevin Eikenberry

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe When People Don’t Know. To do anything less would be to treat people badly.

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Benefits of Debriefing

Strategy Driven

market) risk obsolescence or irrelevance. It is vital to develop the capacity to learn from your environment. Keep your company fighter-pilot agile in any turbulent or changing market. Accelerate performance… learn and leverage this secret tool to organizational success. But not before we learn from it.

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Throw Your Life a Curve

Harvard Business Review

According to Méndez-García, one of the best models for making sense of a non-linear world is the S-curve , the model we have used to understand the diffusion of disruptive innovations, and which he and I speculate can be used to understand personal disruption — the necessary pivots in our own career paths.

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The Benefits of Hiring Your Best Customers

Harvard Business Review

I’ve found that managers who fully embrace a superconsumer strategy learn more from their consumers through increased empathy. The key is to look beyond just the obvious places like marketing. “The learning curve in any industry is steep, but it is particularly so in the airline industry. Adapted from.

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What Work Looks Like for Women in Their 50s

Harvard Business Review

.” Odile de Damas-Nottin was appointed Senior VP HR of oil group Total’s Marketing & Services division at age 52 and promoted to the TOTAL Group’s Executive Team (32 people) at 54. First, there was a fast-tracked, highly varied learning curve on the commercial side of the business in her twenties.

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