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Top 10 US Cities to Capture Small Business Recovery Act Dollars.

Women on Business

For funding in education, healthcare, construction, urban development, criminal justice, and the arts, look inside the beltway. Ranking third in Popular Science ‘s list of ‘America’s Greenest Cities,’ Boston is putting its recovery money toward clean-energy initiatives.

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StrategyDriven Leadership Conversation Episode 6 – Developing a.

Strategy Driven

Episode 6 – Developing a Collaborative, Productive Culture examines how leaders can develop a collaborative, productive culture where conflict is used constructively to better the organization’s overall performance. To read Diane’s complete biography, click here.

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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business Review

In November, United States’ crude oil production exceeded 10 million barrels per day for the first time since 1970, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). The recent price swings highlight a new era of uncertainty gripping the world’s energy markets. hbr staff/bettmann/Getty Images. The soaring U.S.

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Game Changers | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

but they expend far more energy intentionally searching for opportunity, but not just any opportunity – a game changer. Real game changers understand the power of people and relationships, and they embody this in both their construction and implementation. and people mean relationships. By definition, a game changer causes change.

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Silver Linings for 2012

Harvard Business Review

I also think something else is going on, and leaders need to pay attention to this subtle but notable shift in employee energy. His firm grew explosively during the 90s and right up through 2008, constructing offices and high-end homes for the technological elite. George has climbed up the corporate ladder for 20-odd years.

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To Drive Digital Transformation, Focus on People

Strategy Driven

Businesses from top global firms to main street staples are looking into a future driven by new technology capabilities. Humans have been able to organize large numbers of people into a common mission and execute amazing things, from conquering armies to astonishing constructions project like the pyramids. He lives in St.

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Understanding the Language of Innovation

Harvard Business Review

In a cross-industry survey of 8 firms, we asked over 200 innovation-focused practitioners to review a list of established and emerging technologies (a list that included Apple products, Netflix, eBay and several others) and then tell us why any item on the list eventually became successful. We wanted to learn more.