Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

They did not want to challenge the captains of industry, policymakers, heads of state, academics to then smile and ignore them. One quick note, at our past WELL programs we have used clips from the film “Mona Lisa’s Smile” to get deeper discussions going. That is just the issue!

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Press Release Strategy Discount Leadership 236

HR Digest

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The gender wage gap is pervasive in many industries, especially those still dominated by men. Also known as information technology managers, such professionals devise, coordinate, implement, and analyze computer-related projects. A bachelor’s degree or a more specialised degree in computers or informational technology is required.

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Human Resources Chemicals Software Engineering 52

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2018

Most of us don’t oversee huge IPOs, but sooner or later, every team faces an unexpected crisis: technology breaks, a competitor makes a disruptive move, a promising project fails, a key employee quits, consumers have a negative reaction to a new product—the list goes on. Know something about everybody else’s job.

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Crisis IPO Film How To 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2012

By the time I boarded the plane back to Boston, somehow I'd been convinced that the television industry was safe from destruction — luckily, it only lasted about 10 minutes. But even the largest industries enter periods of transformation — think of once-dominant railroads, wired phone lines, the postal service.

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Rogers Telecommunications Disruptive Innovation Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2017

Since their founding less than a decade ago, Uber and Airbnb have wrangled with regulators, challenged the taxi and hotel industries, earned extraordinary valuations from venture capital investors — and fundamentally transformed the way people think about urban transportation and travel.

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CEO Hotels Venture Capitalist Storytelling 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

The story, which apparently has echoes in some other school districts around the country, is but one more salvo in the wars of educational reform (recently depicted in the film Waiting for Superman — dont miss it). His most recent books are Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning and Analytics at Work.

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Guidelines Education Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 14

In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

Turns out that Linds Redding, an illustrator and designer, spent most of his career crafting advertising in the UK and New Zealand, before opening an animation studio. Many years ago, when I first started to work in the advertising industry, we used to have this thing called The Overnight Test. I’m glad I did. To sleep on it.

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Advertising Creativity Industry Bottom-up 265

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

Here, real estate developers and managers can orient their tenant selection around companies that provide higher-paying, family-supporting jobs with pathways for upward mobility and careers. The second is to develop spaces and programs to incubate entrepreneurs.

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Real Estate Development Long-term Short-term 14

Strategy Driven

MAY 2, 2014

Trees with thicker bases and deeper roots will sprout greener (be profitable), shed less often (fewer corporate flaws) and live longer (dominate its industry). The wise employee has the building of knowledge a part of their career path… sharing with others what we most recently and most effectively learn.

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Strategy Budgeting Audience Risk Management 98

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

At first, the causes of free fall appear to be external: a global financial crisis, a banking system collapse, government deregulation, or, more common, a new business model or technology harnessed by a nimble insurgent competitor. Clearly, something else, beyond the disruptive technology itself, is behind the demise of companies like Kodak.

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Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

Trees with thicker bases and deeper roots will sprout greener (be profitable), shed less often (fewer corporate flaws) and live longer (dominate its industry). Communications is fundamental to maintaining, but technology is only as good as the people using it. Greatness is earned over an entire career. Rolex Watches.

Brand 50

Brand Analysis Advertising Software 50

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2018

The progress the industry has made was on display in Google’s recent demo of Duplex , in which an AI agent called businesses and booked appointments. I’ve spent my career focusing on NLP, a research area nearly as old as AI itself, and we’re still in the beginning phase of this journey. Ready to buy?).

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Analysis Brand Learning-by-Doing Film 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2018

“You know, I believe that technology is the great leveler. Technology permits anybody to play. And in some ways, I think technology — it’s not only a great tool for democratization, but it’s a great tool for eliminating prejudice.” pm images/Getty Images.

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