Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Although these clichés might serve short-term management objectives, they often hinder long-term innovation, suppress employee morale, and foster a culture of compliance over mutual growth. Phrases like ‘Don’t rock the boat’ or ‘It’s not in the budget’ often serve to halt innovation and maintain the status quo.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 11, 2024

L-R): Anthony Horton, Chris McCarthy, Stephanie Neal In a recent interview, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed a startling confession: the architect of ChatGPT, a revolutionary language model capable of holding nuanced conversations and generating creative text formats, often struggles to sleep.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

This diversity reflects not only a deepening understanding of the connection between growth and customer satisfaction, but a much greater awareness of what marketing can do to help forge that bond. Says Abi Comber, Head of Marketing for British Airways: “Having P&L responsibility is incredibly powerful.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

This meant abandoning IBM's existing organization, in which product silos and geographic entities operated independently and frequently were more competitive than collaborative. Palmisano could not have succeeded at placing values at the center of IBM's operations without strong principles of his own. When the U.S.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

My acronym for BUSINESS : B ig-picture U nderstanding S ymbiosis I n N omenclature, E conomics, S ystems, and S ervices WORK : W indows of O pportunity, R equiring K now-how My acronym for GOALS : G etting O rganized A llowing L ifeblood S ystems G rowth O pportunities A nd L egacy S upport THINK : T o H ave I deas, N ew K eys FAILURE : F inding A (..)

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Problem 1: Calling it Diversity. Whoever came up with the idea of putting gender issues under the diversity umbrella? How did women, who are 50% of the population, control 60% of global spending, and represent 60% of university graduates, ever accept to be positioned as a "diversity" demographic?

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