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The Silent Killer of Big Companies

Harvard Business Review

British Petroleum: The blowout of the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig, in April 2010, resulted in a massive crisis for BP and its partners. Even a cursory survey of high-profile organizational failures will turn up numerous stories that fit the same pattern. We didn't select these examples entirely at random.

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20 New Words Every Leader Should Know

Eric Jacobson

2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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America's Innovation Shortfall and How We Can Solve It

Harvard Business Review

A little-recognized NSF report released in September 2010, the 2008 Business R&D and Innovation Survey (BRDIS) , said that only 9% of public and private companies engaged in either product or service innovation between 2006 and 2008. innovation, in terms of jobs, income, revenue, and taxes, has gone offshore.