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Everybody Loves Bob – Faster Cheaper Better: The 9 Levers for Transforming How Work Gets Done

Strategy Driven

Hershman and Dr. Michael Hammer. The only way to survive in this ever-changing, expanding, globalizing economy is to continually adapt. Michael Hammer was a bold and revolutionary thinker, the coauthor of Reengineering the Corporation, the most important business book of the 1990s. About the Authors.

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4 Ways to Help Different Generations Share Wisdom at Work

Harvard Business Review

“The world is more malleable than you think and it’s waiting for you to hammer it into shape…That’s what this degree of yours is — a blunt instrument. Millions of Americans watch inspirational talks online, go to conferences, and hire coaches – but they often don’t look in their own workplaces.

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A Great Negotiator’s Essential Advice

Harvard Business Review

Acted as Chief Negotiator for Singapore in talks leading to the U.S.-Singapore Singapore Free Trade Agreement.

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Why We Need To Disseminate Innovation To Overcome The Productivity Paradox

The Horizons Tracker

The report suggests that traditional approaches, including publicizing them at conferences and producing toolkits, are not working, and instead advocates the need for more manpower to help do the vital work of spreading new innovation. years old by the time they go public, compared to an average of 2.8 years as recently as 1998.

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The 5 Requirements of a Truly Innovative Company

Harvard Business Review

Executives read the same trade magazines, go to the same conferences, and talk to the same consultants. In our experience, it can take several months for a company to hammer out its defini­tion of innovation. So if you want innovation, individuals must to be taught to do four things: Challenge invisible orthodoxies.

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How the U.S., the EU, and Japan Are Trying to Rein in China’s State Capitalism

Harvard Business Review

Unlike economy-wide supports such as an R&D tax credit, WTO rules prohibit subsidies to specific companies because of the competitive advantage they confer.) China’s subsidies and tech-transfer practices pose a major threat to the global trade order. They must be reined in.