Tim Milburn

OCTOBER 2, 2013

It’s that among the sharp-elbowed hordes pushing through Washington’s corridors of power, they didn’t even stand out.” The developers of the ulcer drug at C. Xerox, which pioneered the photocopying business, lost important ground to the Japanese on price. ” ACCOUNTABILITY. PERSEVERANCE.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 26, 2011

You can afford to invest in developing someone who is interested in developing. To help prevent this, develop a short-term plan with a six- to nine-month outlook. Sure, you’ll hit something with a shotgun, but the price in doing so seldom provides the big payback. This plan will help you get through the year.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

It''s that among the sharp-elbowed hordes pushing through Washington''s corridors of power, they didn''t even stand Out." PERSEVERANCE The developers of the ulcer drug at C. Xerox, which pioneered the photocopying business, lost important ground to the Japanese on price.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

When one of us (Vivek) and his team launched Roivant Sciences in 2014 and began developing treatments for Alzheimer’s disease — they were determined to learn from the pharma industry’s innovation issues and build a more sustainable innovation engine. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the lowest number since 2007.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Reading the case study, I realized Ray's experience provides a perfect template for the elusive process — which any professional can learn from — of how to develop a world-class reputation and become dominant in your field. Skills development comes first. Build your platform. Embrace luck — and make your own.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

But as companies get bigger, they have a harder and harder time staying close to their customers and maintaining the sharp, ground-level instincts of a younger company. Most started out as their company’s first salesperson, its first product developer, or both. One of the great front-line obsessives of all time was M.S.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Founded in the 1930s, Lego developed a repeatable model that allowed it to grow for decades. In the photography industry, Leica provides a sharp example of how adding new capabilities can help a company reverse free fall. By 1993 the company had $1.3 billion in revenue. Nothing about free fall is easy.

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