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Strategic planning must change with the times

N2Growth Blog

Whether they’re developed in-house or brought in by outside strategy firms, many strategy methodologies are of little value if they don’t keep up with the times. Clearly, it’s time to reconsider how your organization goes about developing and executing strategy at all levels. The priorities are on people and capabilities not things.

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VW’s Problem Is Bad Management, Not Rogue Engineers

Harvard Business Review

.” Respectfully, one can’t be a hard-core engineer in aviation or automobiles without managing software matters. Always look to the leadership. For digitally-driven innovators, code reviews are integral to healthy software cultures and quality software development. Where were Volkswagen’s code reviews ?

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Is the Cost of Innovation Falling?

Harvard Business Review

If the cost of innovation is falling, that should enable more of it from poorer countries, companies or cooperatives. In fact, the costs of developing seminal software algorithms continue to rise, too. Small companies and economically weak countries face an even more uphill struggle developing breakthrough innovations.

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China’s Tough Approach and a Changing Economic World Order

Harvard Business Review

Recent incidents with Japan and the air defense identification zone resulted in a very significant US response: trips by Secretary Hagel, President Obama, announcements on the US Defense Treaty pertaining to the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands issue – ultimately leading to the US and Japan developing a much closer relationship. China’s number one.”

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What Boards Can Do About Brain Drain

Harvard Business Review

In fact, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) estimates that almost a quarter (24.2%) of all New Zealanders with university-level educations have emigrated. developing talent. Among OECD nations, only Ireland has suffered as much brain drain. hiring top talent. assessing talent. rewarding talent.

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The Rise of the General Counsel

Harvard Business Review

But from a business person's point of view, Sorkin and other writers in the section don't even discuss one of the most important developments of the last 25 years: the rise in the role, status and importance of the general counsel and other inside lawyers employed directly by the corporation. In these, financial incentives are aligned (i.e.,