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How Music Artists Use Strategy-Driven Tactics to Rise to Fame (And What Businesses Can Learn from It)

Strategy Driven

Showcasing and creating art and then making a thriving business model out of it is not something anyone can do, especially if they don’t have a big-name label leading you through the process. Dertee did this after his successful EP, “Defeating Gravity”. Building Recognition.

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Why I'm Glad I Got Fired

Harvard Business Review

Words like "productivity," "efficiency," and "innovation" are defined by goal posts of our own creation: number of units shipped, revenue and profit, EPS and shareholder return. And while she was right (and I secretly knew it), I kept arguing with her about the goal being the goal, and the goal being about the win.

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4 Ways CEOs Can Conquer Short-Termism

Harvard Business Review

” The blueprint included the company’s purpose, vision, values, and strategic goals, and fits on a single page. Once in place, it both generates commitment of employees and customers and puts the short term and the quarter in context as the immediate building blocks to longer-term goals.

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