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Whose Job Is It to Manage Freelancers?

Harvard Business Review

The other one of us cofounded 10x Management , a well-respected talent agency representing top-tier freelance programmers, designers, and other technology professionals. Rarely do we find organizations that direct, support, and oversee the work of agile talent, and the projects they support, on a consistent and disciplined basis.

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A Hands-Off Approach to Open Innovation Doesn’t Work

Harvard Business Review

In particular, large companies want to partner with small firms that have developed advanced, game-changing technologies. That doesn’t sound all that unreasonable, perhaps, but consider this: Only 38% of those who took this approach said they believed the innovation partnership had achieved its strategic goals.

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Reversing the Curse of Dominant Logic

Harvard Business Review

Rich countries are the most technologically advanced. We should be able to meet their needs with cheap products based on older technology. We excel in product leadership and advanced technology — values inconsistent with the ultra-low-cost products poor countries require.

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Advice on Running a Government Agency Like a Startup, from Someone Who’s Tried It

Harvard Business Review

Godbout was executive director at 18F before departing to become chief technology officer for the EPA. The real goal, the transformation goal, should be the larger service. But that goal wasn’t there up front, because when we started , people were telling us, you can’t hire quality people.

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Why Can't a CIO Be More Like a CFO?

Harvard Business Review

It''s time for CIOs to move beyond their roles as chief technology officers, and embrace the name with all of its implications: Chief Information Officer. At the same time, technology budgets are static or contracting, and non-IT execs want more attention to cost-cutting. How did we get here?

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Answering Your Questions About P&G and Innovation

Harvard Business Review

June's Harvard Business Review features a story by Procter & Gamble Chief Technology Officer Bruce Brown and me on " How P&G Tripled Its Innovation Success Rate." First, some of the ways that P&G reduces risk on individual projects are generally good innovation practices for everyone.

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Team Building Agenda: Kick-off Program for IT Leadership Team

Mike Cardus

Measurement Each IT Director will have working knowledge of the ‘ 7 Steps to High Performance Teams ’ this will be illustrated through content discussions about the model and each director determining where an existing team in on a project and steps to move the team to the next step. How does this fit into the larger strategic goals?