Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

The result is a lot of innovation programs that can build fantastic concept cars, but have a tough time getting production vehicles onto the road. What would new product development executives or project managers in the R&D lab tell you are the organizational dynamics that ice their best ideas? Start with a survey.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 20, 2011

Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers. As the Crosby Quality Institute reminds us: You will get what you inspect, not what you expect.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

After almost three decades of working with large corporations and entrepreneurs, I've developed a theory. Now, this theory hasn't been vetted with controlled experiments and testing. It is based solely on experiential and intuitive data drawn from my life experiences. For them, risk isn't as defined by losing tangibles (e.g.,

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2015

Tom Davenport: “I initially thought that AI and machine learning would be great for augmenting the productivity of human quants. But now companies have needs for greater productivity than human quants can address or fathom. We’re trying to use a virtual agent to intervene to be more productive for them.”

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2011

Zuckerberg's casual calculation reminded me of a conversation with Marc Andreessen, the legendary cofounder of Netscape, and now one of Silicon Valley's most high-profile venture capitalists. If you were launching a technology or developing a product, would you rather have five great engineers rather than 1,000 average engineers?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2011

Networks are essential for collaboration , innovation, and career development. Consider why incumbents rarely lead the way in new products and services. Get in touch with a venture capitalist. But too many executives have networks that, while they may be large, don't have enough diversity to be effective.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

At INSEAD, two students Philippe Dongier and Katie (co-author of this post) sent a school-wide email asking if anyone was interested in cultivating coursework and careers related to nonprofits. Like a venture capitalist, he said if these experiments delivered on their goals, more funding would follow. Want to Change the World?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Then, after hearing too many young women’s stories of venture capitalists who asked for sex in return for funding, I stepped back from participating in the startup ecosystem, the driving economy of Silicon Valley. The development of new ideas is what allows economies to grow richer year after year.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Even in the most well-oiled CEO succession processes, one piece is almost always missing: preparing the current CEO for the next phase in his or her career. We studied the post-CEO careers of 50 Chief Executives in the Fortune 500, and interviewed 13 of them. Each year, over one hundred CEOs retire from the S&P 1000.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2011

Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers. Written for all leaders who need to develop and renew their leadership skills. About the Author.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2015

According to the research report “ Accelerating Entrepreneurship in Africa ,” 57% of survey respondents in major African economies considered becoming an entrepreneur a desirable career choice. But with the talent pool stretched, even founders struggle to find partners or staff. I observed their interests.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Without a good network, you will also limit your own imagination about your own career prospects. By managing the three key properties of networks that either propel you forward or hold you back—breadth, connectivity, and dynamism—you can develop a stronger network and use it as an essential leadership tool.

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