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The 5 Requirements of a Truly Innovative Company

Harvard Business Review

In our experience, it can take several months for a company to hammer out its defini­tion of innovation. Global supply chains have been optimized, business processes have been outsourced, and huge investments have been made in new IT tools.

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All Hail the Generalist

Harvard Business Review

To begin, our highly interconnected and global economy means that seemingly unrelated developments can affect each other. Analysis of the 80,000+ forecasts found that experts are less accurate predictors than non-experts in their area of expertise. To advance in one's career, it was most efficient to specialize. Why's that?

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