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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. But they also sprinkle in new case examples that align with the current zeitgeist. So what did Hamel and Prahalad add? As the U.S.

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Get Your Organization to Run in Sync

Harvard Business Review

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. In nature, the purpose of a system is hardwired. Gary Hamel and C.K.

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Get Your Organization to Run in Sync

Harvard Business Review

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. In nature, the purpose of a system is hardwired. Gary Hamel and C.K.

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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. Prahalad pointed out, the "bottom of the pyramid" is a market and not a social problem. To maximize this, a company should prioritize the innovation that leads to the greatest value.

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