Leading Blog

MARCH 7, 2013

In commercial, industrial, and government applications—in the real-world usage of machine learning to predict—it's known as: Predictive analytics —Technology that learns from experience (data) to predict the future behavior of individuals in order to drive better decisions. Obama was re-elected in 2012 with the help of voter prediction.

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CoachStation

MARCH 7, 2016

in 2010 and started full time work in the business in 2012. I have been a leader throughout my whole career which started in late teens when I was fortunate enough to be provided with an opportunity to participate in a two-year supervisor traineeship with a large retailer in Adelaide. There are many reasons. It’s massive!

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Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2012

I see the leader from the big picture perspective and how he-she paints career panoramas by interconnecting the pieces. Push paper, systems, technology. They are forced by circumstances to change (career obsolescence, down-sizing, marketplace factors). Science-Technology Provider. Career Worker. Career Manager.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2013

It provides a cost effective and low-risk way to engage with mid-career professionals seeking to return to work. (I I wrote about this trend in the November 2012 issue of HBR.) No matter the age of the intern, internship programs give both employer and intern an opportunity to try each other out before committing. Hard to say.

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HR Digest

APRIL 30, 2019

Our journey to transform our business from a traditional cigarette manufacturer to a science and technology-driven company is one of the most dramatic pivots taken by a major multinational company in recent history, so by definition, it impacts our people deeply. What do you say have been the most important transformations in your career?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

There is a lot of advice out there about keeping your online activity from hurting your career. Expertise can be noticed more easily," says Soumitra Dutta, a professor in business and technology at INSEAD, author of "What's Your Personal Social Media Strategy?" Commit to using social media for more than personal reasons.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 3, 2012

This review is the basis for most elements that will appear in a strategic plan, including the organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, actions, challenges, teamwork, change management, commitment, future trends and external forces. You offer a promising career and future for people with ideas and initiative.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

nearly 6 million entry-level jobs will be created from 2012 to 2022, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Many come from families with incomes below the poverty line and suffer from lack of educational and career supports. Sourcing for Commitment. Across the U.S., now has more than 13,000 alumni across 16 cities.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Here are just a few examples: Leveraging gaming technology to create a new channel that connects the world to GE in a fun and engaging way, helping to educate prospective employees about the company and its economic and social values. Its members presented several recommendations to my team, and ultimately to Jeff Immelt, our chairman.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2018

Or so he thought, until one interaction changed the trajectory of his career. He decided to leave Phillips to commit to the cause of fighting blindness — a risky decision for a 43-year old. Competitors used the expensive CCD technology for cameras. His life was set. ” The talk deeply impacted Chandra.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

What is their commitment toward literacy, social services, health care, the environment, multicultural diversity and other key issues that really create a better life? My analysis: Productivity software does no good unless one commits to change, alters behavioral traits and commits to time management. Team empowerment suffers.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2018

” Education, then, is not usually an incremental step to a better way to make a living life or a waystation to another career. The constant saturation of negative school headlines took its toll: The public’s approval rating of public schools fell from 58% in 1973 to 29% in 2012. ” Except today, they’re not.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

In In 2012, the New York Times published a round-table debate about it. The phrase “mobile talent” implies rootlessness, but the ability to commit to one’s new environment — broadly and deeply, as Ahn did — is crucial to succeeding in it. They require infrastructure, training, and commitment.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2013

There are many reasons why Silicon Valley might have been a top contender: for years, it''s been the premier technology hub of the world. While no one can dispute Silicon Valley embodies the quintessential technology culture, there''s another piece of the culture equation that matters just as much for a company like ours: diversity.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2015

By now, we’ve all heard about the low numbers of American women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Another theory is that women are choosing to forgo careers in STEM to attain better work-family balance—rather than being pushed out by bias. But that’s not convincing. Pattern 3: The Maternal Wall.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

This then expanded to "down tools week" which is a company-wide initiative, once a year, where everyone puts their normal routine work on hold and commits to doing something new, something a bit risky, or something that has been bugging them. Tolerance of Failure. It is axiomatic that successful innovation requires tolerance of failure.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

That’s important, not because I think MBAs should be more like SEALS—I don’t—but because real-world excellence requires more than commitment to educational achievement. “Our instructors were teaching better, and our students were learning better,” Webb noted in The Red Circle , his 2012 SEAL memoir.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Ultimately dubbed the Technology Incubation Scheme (in Singapore, a scheme is a good thing), the program helped bring a flood of diverse investors into the country by offering to put up 85% of the capital in a start-up when investors put in 15%. One year later, we partnered with the government to prototype a new program under the NFIE.

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