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The Guru's Guide to Creating Thought Leadership

Harvard Business Review

The breadth of article topics was large and the sample of rhetorical styles diverse. For example, a British study showed the precise ways in which management gurus in the 1980s U.K. During difficult economic times, organizations often seek ideas on how to cut costs or perform operations more efficiently. As the U.S.

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Get Your Organization to Run in Sync

Harvard Business Review

Despite our best efforts, most organizations operate disjointedly. You need the right mix of cohesion and diversity in order to achieve both innovation and operational efficiency. Prahalad called this concept strategic intent. Apple, for example, has committed to specific design values and an integrated architecture.

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Get Your Organization to Run in Sync

Harvard Business Review

Despite our best efforts, most organizations operate disjointedly. You need the right mix of cohesion and diversity in order to achieve both innovation and operational efficiency. Prahalad called this concept strategic intent. Apple, for example, has committed to specific design values and an integrated architecture.

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End the Religion of ROE

Harvard Business Review

As Richard Dickinson and Kate Pickett show in Spirit Level, a value like equality, for example, is prized more highly in Norway than in the U.S. That only makes sense if you are operating in a state of equilibrium—which might have been close enough to the truth in some sepia-toned time. As the late C.

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