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How to Use Uncertainty and Surprise for Breakthroughs

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Big visions, carefully crafted strategies, and detailed plans are signs of great leadership. But early on, CEO Scott Cook and his leadership team kept hearing that small businesses were using the product. Cook dismissed his own market data for over a year. Most leaders are taught to avoid uncertainty. Surprise is the enemy.

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Is the Next Karl Marx a Management Consultant?

Harvard Business Review

Wouldn't it be nice, Francis Fukuyama writes in an article called " The Future of History " in the current issue of Foreign Affairs , if some "obscure scribbler. I know this because these people are constantly submitting articles to HBR. They're in well-appointed offices at business schools and management consulting firms. Note to U.S.

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How to Keep a Global Team Engaged

Harvard Business Review

Global teams have the potential to help organizations reach new markets and provide a seamless brand experience for customers across the world. Erin Meyer. It’s your job to be hyper-vigilant for ways your own cultural biases may be clouding your leadership and reducing the effectiveness of the team. Tsedal Neeley.

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What BMW’s Corporate VC Offers That Regular Investors Can’t

Harvard Business Review

To fill the void and build such a new BMW startup unit, Gimmy partnered with an experienced innovation manager from BMW, Matthias Meyer. Top startups already have market leading solutions. To find out, Gimmy and Meyer designed the new organizational unit with a set of processes and a startup program based on the venture client model.

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To Reduce Stress, Embrace Your Inner Type-B

Harvard Business Review

When it comes to talent assessment, it seems we tend to make decisions with blinders on, defaulting to an expected model of high-stress, high-intensity leadership. Meyer Friedman and Ray Rosenman began identifying and defining Type A and Type B personalities in cardiac studies back in the 1950s. You and Your Team.

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The Most Attractive Cities to Move to for Work

Harvard Business Review

. “What companies want is a leadership base that at least somewhat parallels their customer base. What to know before your next negotiation, based on research by Erin Meyer. So you don’t have a group of leaders that doesn’t have anything in common with their customers.” ” Related Video.

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