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Carefrontation — The Ultimate Leadership Trait

Great Leadership By Dan

Innovate more: Employees who know the boss has their back think outside the box without fear of failure or retribution. DaVita operates more than 1,800 dialysis centers and employs over 40,000 people domestically. Execute faster: Stephen Covey calls it “The Speed of Trust”. Speed = productivity.

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Entrepreneurs Take On Manufacturing

Harvard Business Review

However, in recent years a parallel explosion of digital tools and services has taken place in the manufacturing realm as well, drawing in computer-assisted design and 3D printing equipment to open-source operating systems, the cloud, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Second, a number of important inputs have gotten cheaper.

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The Internet of Things Will Change Your Company, Not Just Your Products

Harvard Business Review

Operations. When product-based companies add services and connectivity, operational requirements increase. The resulting challenges may include new contract-manufacturing relationships, which can be a complicated and disorienting process for the uninitiated.

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The Trade War with China Could Accelerate 3-D Printing in the U.S.

Harvard Business Review

More broadly, the Obama administration set up the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Center (“ America Makes ”), a technology support program in Youngstown, Ohio. Organizations will gradually revamp their operations to take advantage of its flexibility and versatility well beyond the factory floor.