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The Global Innovation 1000 (2011): Why Culture is Key

First Friday Book Synopsis

Tom Stewart is Booz & Company’s Chief Marketing & Knowledge Officer. In a recent email update, he asks several intriguing questions: Are there CEOs anywhere in the world who want their companies to become less innovative? Is anyone calling on employees to do a better job of thinking inside the box?

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Apple’s Secret Sauce: The Real Ingredients

First Friday Book Synopsis

Stewart for BNET (March 22, 2011), The CBS Interactive Business Network. Here is an excerpt from article written by Thomas A. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. To read the complete article, please click here. * * [.].

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The Boomers are Leaving! – How to Create and Implement a Knowledge.

Strategy Driven

Inside you’ll find scenarios, case studies, tips, templates, and checklists that will help you capture and retain your company’s intellectual capital as Baby Boomers leave the workplace. From this point on, it is critical that you follow the needs of your audience.

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Why IBM Gives Top Employees a Month to Do Service Abroad

Harvard Business Review

According to Litow, the objective was threefold: to support IBMers in their service engagements, to invest the intellectual capital of IBMers in tackling social issues around the world, and to develop the expertise and leadership of IBMers through volunteer opportunities that leverage their skills and abilities.

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Why IBM Gives Top Employees a Month to Do Service Abroad

Harvard Business Review

According to Litow, the objective was threefold: to support IBMers in their service engagements, to invest the intellectual capital of IBMers in tackling social issues around the world, and to develop the expertise and leadership of IBMers through volunteer opportunities that leverage their skills and abilities.

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Developing Global Leaders Is America's Competitive Advantage

Harvard Business Review

In 2011, 71% of HBS's new cases were written about foreign companies. French pharmaceutical company Sanofi recently acquired Boston-based Genzyme to tap into America's intellectual capital in biotechnology. Nestle, Unilever, and Novartis have several business units based in the U.S.