Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

45 Career Advice Experts Share Their Blueprint for Career Success (Plus Leaderboard)​ Does your career seem to be a struggle at times? It’s why I wrote my book Why Career Advice Sucks™ … to share the stories of my own career success and failures and help you grow your career more quickly.

Career 74

Career Advice Succession Learning-by-Doing 74

HR Digest

MAY 3, 2021

As the COVID-19 crisis takes a sharp turn from government to business, the issue of redefining jobs moves up the agenda. Beth Galetti: Amazon is where smart, passionate people come to obsess about customers and innovate on their behalf. Amazon operates like a series of customer-focused start-ups innovating at a fast pace.

Quality 59

Quality Engineering Technology Resources 59

N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

Having such a sharp focus ensures you can better whittle down the complexity of processes/interactions, as well as ensuring you don't become too dependent either on your top talent or even on your bigger customers, which can cause you to shift your goals to better suit their needs instead of your purpose.

Business Model 298

Business Model Brand Blog Supply Chain 298

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

For industries that depend on innovation, sustaining it is a constant challenge. These two actions cost almost nothing compared to vast sums often spent — and arguably, often wasted — on efforts to foster innovation. However, these prescriptions for innovation at Roivant have also led to some unexpected challenges.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Incentives Industry 9

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Being sharp means being succinct. Similarly, make sure your OWN site has the best key words for the search engines. If you rely on searches for your background research, so will those you work with (if they are sharp). Many career-enhancing activities can develop from carefully chosen volunteer-based projects.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2013

This is called Functional Fixedness and while you probably won''t need to build a fort during your professional career, chances are you do suffer from it and it is impacting your work. Technologists, engineers, and designers not only have their own expertise, they have their own way of applying their expertise. How can I be so sure?

Innovation 8

Innovation Open-book Objective Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2018

In prior research , we at the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI) found that women leave STEM fields in droves: 52% of highly qualified women working for science, technology, or engineering companies leave their jobs. Yet many other women have managed to build highly successful careers with degrees in STEM disciplines.

Succession 14

Succession Reputation Focus Group Leadership Styles 14