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Practicing Patience and Faith

Persuasive Powerhouse

I work for a telecommunications company and occasionally I’m in the field dressing fiber optic cable in cabinet. Honestly – I can’t take credit because my writing isn’t my own. It comes from the work my clients do. They are amazing. Matt Ulinski: October 21, 2010 at 2:07 pm Mary, it really is the little things.

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Using Design Thinking to Embed Learning in Our Jobs

Harvard Business Review

Since we now expect learning to be as simple and compelling as watching YouTube, hundreds of video-based content providers and MOOCs offer free bite-sized content for us to consume on our phones while sitting in the coffee shop or standing in the subway. They’re getting in the way of employee development instead of supporting it.

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The Inevitable Disruption of Television

Harvard Business Review

Initially, these innovations are adopted only by the least demanding industry consumers or those who couldn't afford to participate in existing markets (like the college students who use Reddit to find entertaining Youtube videos instead of paying for HBO). People are primed to embrace disruption in telecommunications.

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Boards Aren’t as Global as Their Businesses

Harvard Business Review

Neither Utilities nor Telecommunications are represented in the chart below because all but a few companies in those sectors have no non-domestic revenue. This needs to be replaced with a more strategic approach, including tracking potential director candidates, especially those with global experience, earlier in their careers.

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Breaking Up the Retail-Price Confusopoly

Harvard Business Review

You could go to your local Big Box Store or mall in the middle of the night to get in line for the X-Box Kinect or a copy of the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops. In my own work , I found that this might be particularly prevalent for utilities (gas, electricity and telecommunications).

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Are You Working Over the Thanksgiving Holiday?

Harvard Business Review

Is this a time to mount a campaign for Plan B, that other job or career youve been putting off looking into? Is this a time to mount a campaign for Plan B, that other job or career youve been putting off looking into? The Conversation Blogs The Conversation Are You Working Over the Thanksgiving Holiday?

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Artisans Must Balance the Books

Harvard Business Review

The Conversation Blogs The Conversation Artisans Must Balance the Books 8:12 AM Tuesday November 23, 2010 by Ndubuisi Ekekwe | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print The boy was 11 years old when his father took him to live with a kinsman, a businessman with many shops in Lagos, Nigeria.

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