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A Drive for Excellence

Coaching Tip

Here in Michigan, the automotive industry has always been an everyday topic of conversation. In the past, college graduates would gain employment as automotive industry managers and high school graduates would be well compensated by seeking factory jobs. products during the 10s and 20s. .

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New York City's Culture Will Shape the Next Tech Sector

Harvard Business Review

But our company makes software that is used across dozens of industry verticals — automotive, health care, hospitality, and the public sector — each with their own specific needs and goals. And what''s even more interesting, between 2007 and 2011, a time when venture capitalism was down 11% nationally, New York saw growth of 32%.

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It's Time for Tenure to Lose Tenure

Harvard Business Review

Even the United Kingdom did away with tenure in the late 1980s when then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher implored the nation's colleges to become more productive. Tenure locks in big costs and makes it difficult for universities to explore more productive teaching techniques. For example, a 2011 UCLA study of 6,768 U.S.