Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

14th Administrator, United States Agency for International Development. Rod MacKenzie – Executive Vice President, Chief Development Officer for Pfizer, member of Pfizer’s Executive Leadership Team. HR and talent development roles with General Motors Australia. University Leadership Development Professionals.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2010

The Energy Challenge. Kudos to Vijay Govindarajan and Christian Sarkar for taking a moment to reflect on Affordable Housing Institute founder David Smith's observation that markets alone will never successfully house any nation's poorest people. The $300 House: The Challenge. The Financial Challenge. The Design Challenge.

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Govindarajan Globalization Sharpe Project 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Multinationals are increasingly tasking their Asian outposts with developing regionally appropriate solutions that might "trickle up" to established markets. Tuck Professor Vijay Govindarajan calls this reverse innovation. But the overarching trend is a shift in the world's innovation energy. The shift to localization.

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Trends Innovation Govindarajan Class 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2014

The idea to design and build a $300 house first appeared here on the HBR site in August 2010, in a post by me (Vijay Govindarajan) and Christian Sarkar, and then again as one of several ideas in the HBR Agenda 2011. Community Development, Infrastructure, Education, HealthCare Delivery. The Development of a Business Plan.

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Govindarajan Construction Workshop Project 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2011

Editor's note: This post is one in an occasional series on Vijay Govindarajan's and Christian Sarkar's idea to create a scalable housing solution for the world's poor. Each post will examine the challenge from a different perspective, including design, technology, urban planning and more. Today, Stephanie A.

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Govindarajan Six Sigma Energy Transportation 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Editor's note: This post is one in an occasional series on Vijay Govindarajan's and Christian Sarkar's idea to create a scalable housing solution for the world's poor. This development plan can be scaled to build 3 million or 30 million units per year, if needed. Alternative Energy as the Standard.

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Suri Construction Class EBITDA 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2010

The Energy Challenge. Editor's note: This post is one in an occasional series on Vijay Govindarajan's and Christian Sarkar's idea to create a scalable housing solution for the world's poor. So Acumen finds entrepreneurs on site in the developing world, funds them, teaches them and pushes them to build really big organizations.

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