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What Ever Happened to the Pepsi Generation? | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

by John • November 20, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. Michael Jackson , the theme to “Billie Jean” and a phenomenal blend of marketing and entertainment drove the Pepsi brand to the pinnacle of contemporary culture. So, what are Pepsi’s marketers doing to revitalize it?

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Pursuing Entrepreneurial Companies: Grad Advice | In the CEO.

In the CEO Afterlife

by John • April 11, 2011Human Resources , Strategy • 0 Comments. Check their market cap and reputation for innovation. Don’t resist entry-level sales. Less than two years and I was in marketing. Human Resources. December 2011. November 2011. November 2011.

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Rookie Talent: Avoiding a Kodak Moment

Leading Blog

During most of the 20th century Kodak held a dominant position in photographic film, and in 1976, had an 89% market share of photographic film sales in the United States. The Kodak name became synonymous with a resistance to change, but it’s not just innovation the company lacked. Human Resources'

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Business Leadership Expertise: Give a Gift of Honoring :: Women on.

Women on Business

At first I sulked and resisted; that’s the drama queen in me. For me it was a first grade teacher who challenged me to take an art project some “annoying boy” in my class had scribbled on and find a way to make it work. Yet, my teacher persisted and encouraged me to find a way to make “lemonade out of lemons”.

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Linds Redding’s Short Lesson in Perspective

In the CEO Afterlife

As an ex-ad man and a lifelong aficionado of great creative, whether it is art or copy, I could not resist the urge to check it out. Towards the end of 2011, he was diagnosed with inoperable esophageal cancer. To resist the urge to self-censor. I’m glad I did. And research was the new god.

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Building a Software Start-Up Inside GE

Harvard Business Review

CEO Jeff Immelt declared in 2011 that GE needed to become a software and analytics company or risk seeing its hardware products become commodities as information-based competitors took over. Bill Ruh was selected in 2011. And the market for software talent was hot hot hot. The first step was to hire someone to run it.

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How to Create Remarkable Teams PART 2 – Collaboration

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E.g. take a team of developers to tour an abattoir, take the human resource team to a museum exhibit on ancient Egypt, or take legal on an outing to a flower show. You may find it necessary to bring in professional facilitation if you are running into excessive resistance or acrimony. Rigorously (with honesty and diligence).

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