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Don’t Talk Yourself Out of Trying a Second Career

Harvard Business Review

Moreover, since most career transitions take commitment and effort, even sustaining that energy will be questionable for a field in which you have no real interest. Technical support can become marketing; marketing can turn into human resources; back office managers move to the front office and the other way around.

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An Entrepreneurial Society Needs an Entrepreneurial State

Harvard Business Review

Crucially, this will require public leadership, challenging the prevailing ideology which limits the role of public actors to simply de-risking or facilitating the real heroes — the private sector wealth creators, like risk-loving entrepreneurs — while waiting for the market to find solutions. billion in public support.