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Innovating Around a Bureaucracy

Harvard Business Review

What do you do if you're a leader in a large, successful organization with an entrenched bureaucracy, and you see the need for innovation? The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), however, was successful in transforming its bureaucracy. Thus, needed process changes within bureaucracies should always be built into such initiatives.

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This Pharma Company Stays Innovative by Doing Two Things

Harvard Business Review

From its inception, the company consciously recruiting scientists who rebelled against big pharma bureaucracy and were open to new ways of working. ” Meanwhile, the company recruited non-scientist talent from finance, consulting, tech, academia, and political campaigns and inserted them into drug-development roles.

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6 Reasons Salespeople Win or Lose a Sale

Harvard Business Review

The fashion and finance verticals had the highest propensity to select the best-known, top-of-the-line product, while manufacturing and health care had the lowest. #4: 5: It’s Possible to Cut Through Bureaucracy. Not surprisingly, the answer to this question differed by industry. The answer is yes.

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Entrepreneurship Needs to Be a Bigger Part of U.S. Foreign Aid

Harvard Business Review

Among the initial findings : more effective programs emphasize communication skills, networking, and organizational structure over developing finance and accounting skills. There are human resources and procurement challenges to overcome as well. We are talking about the U.S.