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Celebrating 10 Powerful HR Leaders

HR Digest

We say this with confidence, based on our interviews with HR Executives from companies such as IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Southwest Airlines, SAP, and Tesla, all of which act on their commitment to developing the people side of their businesses. Stefan Ries, Member of the Executive Board, SAP SE, Chief Human Resources Officer.

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White Gold: A Story of Persistence

RapidStart Leadership

Within seven years, petroleum had become the second most valuable export in the United States, helping fuel industrial expansion and development at home and abroad. Often the things that separate the successes from the failures are simply the will to persist and the commitment to do the hard work every day. Eric Ries Click To Tweet.

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The New Psychology of Business Models

Ask Atma

You have a great business idea but you are not sure how to develop it. model, startups will have more success if they adopt lean and agile business development principles, where failing fast is the premium strategy and the lean business model reigns supreme. And you start by developing the simplest working version of your idea.

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Digital Pioneers on Paper

Harvard Business Review

Thanks to the digital revolution, big ideas — those that change industry, or topple governments — can spread easily and rapidly without ever being committed to paper. Yet several of them — Seth Godin, Eric Ries, and Gary Vaynerchuk — have recently published traditional, paper books.

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Don't Let the Minimum Win Over the Viable

Harvard Business Review

The widespread adoption of Eric Ries 's work beyond Silicon Valley has been a godsend for innovators. The Lean Startup has crystallized many of the ideas fundamental to successful innovation and provided companies with additional ways to understand and make room for rapid iteration, agile development, and in-market testing of new ideas.

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CEOs Should Think Like Founders, Not Just Managers

Harvard Business Review

Large enterprises have been responding to these developments for some time, mainly by applying the methods of startups such as lean experimentation, design thinking, and agile development. A TAP worldview allows you to discover future markets instead of playing only in developed ones. Develop a Portfolio Strategy.

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Putting an End to Conferences Dominated by White Men

Harvard Business Review

Since 2012, I’ve co-hosted The Lean Startup Conference with Eric Ries. As a leader, commit yourself to improving your selection process. The top leaders of your event, regardless of their own identities, need to share a commitment to changing your systems. Approach individual people in your under-represented groups.