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0503 | Julian Birkinshaw: Full Transcript

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I think this is a book whose time has come because I think we are at this standpoint, especially in the over hype on leadership that we neglect its counterpart, and both are necessary, and that’s management. Leadership is a process of social influence. Leadership is about the traits or behaviors we exhibit that of course define us.

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Are Your Most Talented People Losing Their Minds?

Harvard Business Review

Agile minds are our richest resource for sharpening our competitive edge. Effective executives, as Peter Drucker noted, want to get ahead of potential problems. But — like it or not — one of executive leadership's most difficult duties may be to rigorously examine those who appear to cognitively falter.

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The IT Conversation We Should Be Having

Harvard Business Review

Trends that are affecting fundamental concepts of business, and in turn IT: The basic ideas of capitalism--return on investment (ROI) and return on assets (ROA)--are being challenged by the historical stalwarts of capitalism ( Harvard , Drucker Society , Forbes , the London School of Economics and many more). IT management ROA ROI'

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How Managers Can See the Future More Clearly

Harvard Business Review

It’s the best way yet invented to focus the organization’s capital, human, and time resources toward the goals of the business. In this case, management could easily misapply resources. Or suppose the lens was a mirror looking only at past ways to deploy resources. Drucker Forum 2015: Managing in the Digital Age.

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Capitalism’s Future Is Already Here

Harvard Business Review

Already, in his 1962 book Capitalism and Freedom Friedman had declared that “there is one and only one social responsibility of business–to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game, which is to say, engages in open and free competition without deception or fraud.”