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The Best Leadership Books of 2021

Leading Blog

If we can recognize the patterns, we can improve our ability to sidestep the biological traps that can sabotage us—and use the energy that accompanies pressure to thrive. Emerging technologies, changing demographics, the data economy, automation, and other trends-the undercurrents of radical, systemic change-are crashing into each other.

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Case Study: Should an Emerging-Market Incubator Help U.S. Businesses?

Harvard Business Review

This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. If Unamano was to meet the strategic goal it had set out last year—to open affiliates in 25 countries by 2020—why wouldn’t it consider the city? Editor’s Note.

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10 Sustainable Business Stories That Shaped 2015

Harvard Business Review

That said, with 187 countries pledging collective action to cut carbon emissions, the deal will have vast repercussions for business , particularly as governments put into place policies to remake our energy, transportation, and building systems. The vision of an all-renewable energy system comes into focus. In the U.S.,

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Managing People from 5 Generations

Harvard Business Review

Meister, a founding partner of Future Workplace, a human resources consultancy and the coauthor of The 2020 Workplace. Generation-based employee affinity groups are a waste of time and energy, he adds. Case Study #1: Leverage your young workforce’s expertise. Here’s how. Don’t dwell on differences.

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Demystifying Mentoring

Harvard Business Review

There are many ways to define mentoring," says Jeanne Meister, a Founding Partner of Future Workplace and co-author of The 2020 Workplace: How Innovative Companies Attract, Develop & Keep Tomorrow's Employees Today. Even the promise of future help, if and when it's needed, can be enough to convince a mentor to give up his time and energy.

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Where Predictive Analytics Is Having the Biggest Impact

Harvard Business Review

Survey-based reports find that firms are currently spending an estimated $36 billion on storage and infrastructure, and that is expected to double by 2020. However, looking at the surveys and consulting reports, it is unclear what the precise use cases are that will drive this positive ROI from big data. Insight Center.