The Practical Leader

JANUARY 21, 2013

LinkedIn has become a major tool for connecting to people I’ve presented to in conference keynotes, workshop participants, coaching Clients, executive retreat and team building members, and readers of my books and blog. All the best as you carve out your own R & R time and begin your 2013 adventures!

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Workshop Webinar Team Building Conference 53

Chartered Management Institute

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Big Data, and its close cousin the Internet of Things, are among the trendier terms of 2013. They can sound geeky, but they are developments that every manager needs to understand. As speaker Bernard Marr put it at CMI’s National Conference: “ what the hell is Big Data? They are transforming each and every business model.

Leadership Styles 83

Leadership Styles Human Capital Ethics McKinsey 83

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 25, 2021

Around 2013 we began to notice an exciting renaissance in the SF tech scene as startups and entrepreneurship took off. Our networks grew exponentially through all the events and conferences we attended in the Bay Area. The Outsider is a classic Silicon Valley archetype who brings a “beginner’s mind” to a new market or industry.

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Entrepreneur Self-aware Storytelling Early Adopters 65

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Around 2013 we began to notice an exciting renaissance in the SF tech scene as startups and entrepreneurship took off. Our networks grew exponentially through all the events and conferences we attended in the Bay Area. The Outsider is a classic Silicon Valley archetype who brings a “beginner’s mind” to a new market or industry.

Entrepreneur 65

Entrepreneur Self-aware Storytelling Early Adopters 65

Rapid BI

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

In the UK, the world’s largest chartered institute for Human resource professionals are in the middle of their annual conference and exhibition. Just a few short months ago (July 2012), Peter Cheese took control of the reins of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) from Jackie Orme. New CEO of CIPD.

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Human Resources Conference Consultative Policies 44

Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

For more than 10 years now I have been helping people to develop their own Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME). I was also invited to attend to the Deming Institute Annual Fall conference in Los Angeles. Even myself, by 2013 I was still working for a Company. How to build succesful business right the first time.

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Deming Library Entrepreneur Conference 28

Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Tesla’s genius and education led him to develop the foundations for electric induction motors, wireless telegraphy, radios, neon lamps, and remote control. When Edison developed a commercially viable light bulb, he was able to convince Morgan to advance him $30,000 for the Edison Electric Light Company. Championing change is hard.”

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Innovation Social Capital Reputation How To 82

Strategy Driven

MAY 15, 2013

We focus on quarterly goals, the weekly conference calls, and the ever-looming concern over what this year’s bonus will be-all the while overlooking ideas that keep us on top of our game. The market is filled with self-help books promising to propel one’s sales career to the top. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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Sports Open-book Follow-up Career 50

Strategy Driven

MAY 1, 2014

With the recent launching of the WOSB/EDWOSB program, American Express OPEN, Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP) and the Small Business Administration (SBA) partnered to create ChallengeHER in 2013 for women business owners to learn about contracting opportunities under the WOSB Federal Contract Program. Respond to RFI Notices.

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Open-book Budgeting Proposal Competitive Advantage 58

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Business development. At a later news conference, OSHA announced that it was assessing its smallest fine, as a result of the forthright way in which my client had handled the crisis. The process of strategy development is not esoteric. Business development. Running the business. Body of Knowledge. The Big Picture.

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Crisis Management Crisis Risk Management Budgeting 80

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2014

Marketers are racing to create seamless customer experiences that make it easy for consumers to engage at every touchpoint as they navigate the “decision journey” and beyond. In addition, we took a fresh look at how our marketers are organized globally. Capability building puts an emphasis on developing “transformation champions.”

Marketing 8

Marketing Brand Globalization Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2018

Today, Shenzhen-based DJI , of which one of us is a board member, holds a global market share of 70% in consumer drones and offers a window into the future of competition from China. billion, with the company growing at a compounded annual rate of over 100% between 2013 and 2017. In 2017, DJI’s sales were around $2.7

Innovation 8

Innovation Engineering Business Model Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2015

Since the birth of e-commerce, marketing experts have disagreed about the future role of brands. To find out which school of thought is more accurate, we looked at the value of brands and customer relationships as revealed by M&A data covering over 6,000 mergers and acquisitions worldwide between 2003 and 2013.

Brand 8

Brand Brand Valuation Power Brand Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2015

Oil and Gas subsea operators across the world are adopting a GE Industrial Internet technology developed in Norway. The listening ‘ear’, an array of sensors in a 500-pound ‘birdcage’ dome that sits on the sea floor or on subsea equipment, was developed at the GE Measurement and Control site in Bergen, Norway.

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Industry Offshoring Engineering Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Journal writer Dennis Berman begins by citing Kellogg CEO John Bryant, the respected head of a well-run company, who was describing one of its “innovations” for 2013. Organizations that do something genuinely creative, he says, are “market makers”—they create a one-of-a-kind presence, a unique offering, unlike what anyone else can do.

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Innovation Kaplan Insurance Business Model 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Thousands of very lucky individuals are seated in the Long Beach Performing Arts Center are at TED 2013. In the spirit of TED 2013, here are 10 amazing TED Talks that have helped me think differently about what business can be, how to be a better leader, and how to become a better global citizen. I hope they do the same for you.

Godin 8

Godin Open-book Mass Marketing Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2013

How likely was it that they would be on top of the rapid developments in Asian consumer markets, or in technology and design emanating from Silicon Valley? Indeed, in a conference next month – the Global Drucker Forum, in the wonderful city of Vienna – I’ll be participating in a bigger conversation.

Drucker 8

Drucker Diversity Pharmaceuticals Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

But I''ve just finished work on a new book with Paul Nunes on the new age of disruptive innovation (based on our March 2013 HBR article, " Big Bang Disruption "). The earlier essay, "The Nature of the Firm," is justly famous for its introduction to economic literature of the concept of market friction, or what Coase called "transaction costs."

Cost 8

Cost Open-book Disruptive Innovation Conference 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Companies with employees that represent the end user are more likely to develop innovative products and services that meet the needs of customers in markets around the world. Having global, cultural, gender, and generational diversity is a serious business asset that confers significant competitive advantage in the global marketplace.

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Diversity Globalization Competitive Intelligence Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2013

Would you launch a new product with software delivering orders to everyone from development to marketing? Imagine a conference room of individuals drawn from the far corners of the globe to work in your company or to do business with you. out of a possible 990 in February 2013. points in October 2010 to 737.3

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Globalization Company Software Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

Political campaigns are marketing campaigns, messages aimed at selling a product. Two developments bear noting. Yet by 2004 its market share was down to 3%. It focused its efforts on earning a majority share of Europe’s digital classified advertising market (a product that connects buyers and sellers).

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Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

This is disturbing coming from a company so adept at cutting-edge customer analytics that it’s selling analytics services and has refused to divulge the names of its tech staff at Hadoop conferences to prevent them from being poached. But from the average consumer’s point of view, it can be hard to see Sears’ competitive advantage right now.

Retail 8

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

“One, you have to replace the talent, and in a time of tight labor markets, that’s a very hard—and very expensive—endeavor,” explains John Sullivan, an HR expert, professor of management at San Francisco State University, and author of 1000 Ways to Recruit Top Talent. What the Experts Say. ” Take action.

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Case Study Learning-by-Doing Team Long-term 8