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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020. Remember, it’s the people and culture who enable technology and marketing success – not the other way around. ?. Selection Methodology. Affiliates.

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Why America Is Losing Its Entrepreneurial Edge

Harvard Business Review

Hathaway and Litan stay close to the data in this work and stop short of speculating about causes of this trend. In chemicals, energy, technology, beer and more, you can see a multi-decade trend toward the consolidation of behemoths. Economy Entrepreneurship Finance' So allow me. In the guitar business , too.

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Can Index Funds Be a Force for Sustainable Capitalism?

Harvard Business Review

These two trends may seem separate—or, some people believe, incompatible—but together I believe they have the power to improve finance’s role in the world. Before explaining how these collaborations can help, it’s important to note that we observe them already in several industries, spanning mining to technology.

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Figuring Out How IT, Analytics, and Operations Should Work Together

Harvard Business Review

Consider the core mission of the modern IT department: Taking in all the technology “mess” (often from several different divisions), developing the necessary competencies, and delivering savings and efficiency to the company. The unit has fewer than 100 people divided among data science/analytics, technology, and social media.

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The 10 Most Important Sustainable Business Stories from 2014

Harvard Business Review

This short paper outlines how climate is “already costing local economies billions” and describes how hundreds of billions of property are at risk. Strategy and mission start to gain the upper hand on short-termism. Treasury Secretaries Hank Paulson and Robert Rubin, issued the persuasive Risky Business Report.