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How Your Leadership Has to Change as Your Startup Scales

Harvard Business Review

They set out a broad vision, provide lofty goals, and model an ambitious work ethic (for recent college grads, it’s not a big leap from “all nighters” to “all weekenders”). Align employee and business goals. Don’t get me wrong — Daniel’s intentions are good.

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How Merck Is Trying to Keep Disrupters at Bay

Harvard Business Review

But the Council was not the typical think tank for brainstorming ideas. EB operates Ilum as a separate business, while still drawing on Merck’s established corporate resources in IT, finance, privacy, compliance, and legal. To do that, Merck formed a Strategy & Innovation Council with people from across the company.