Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2016

It’s about becoming aware of how the diverse internal and external stimuli we face can provoke automatic, immediate, unthinking responses in our thoughts, emotions, and actions. Steve Jobs, a regular meditator, made use of mindfulness practice to challenge operating assumptions at Apple and to enhance creative insight in planning.

Strategy 8

Strategy Goleman Strategic Planning Parcell 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Your network’s strategic advantage and, therefore, the extent to which it helps you step up to leadership, depends on three qualities: Breadth: Strong relationships with a diverse range of contacts. Breadth: How Diverse Is Your Network? Dynamism: A dynamic set of extended ties that evolves as you evolve.

How To 8

How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2016

InVenture, a fascinating new startup operating in Africa, is turning incidental data on smartphones into credit ratings that allow base-of-the-pyramid customers access to loans and other financial products. Is there diversity and variance among my customers such that they will benefit from aggregating others’ data with theirs?

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Credit Rating Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2016

A 25-year lease to put solar panels on a parcel of land would generate the same returns as growing tomatoes—without any irrigation headaches. The siblings were of diverse minds politically, but they agreed that temperatures were rising and weather patterns were becoming more volatile. We might even want to expand the operation.”

Case Study 8

Case Study Parcell Price Cost 8