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How to Lead in High Turbulence – 5 Lessons from the Tunisian revolution

Strategy Driven

I was asked to be Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Information & Communication Technologies. Just like a technology company, we intentionally physically set up our “lab” on the opposite side of Tunis, far from the main body of government. A sense of urgency can help leaders reach goals.

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Why Your Customers Hate You and How to Fix It

Skip Prichard

They tend to think of innovation as a shiny new product or service that incorporates a major advance in technology—something like the Model T or the iPhone. Because it takes an enormous amount of money to find a truly revolutionary technology or product. Many of them have little understanding of what innovation actually means.

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The Big Picture of Business – Collaborations, Partnering and Joint-Venturing… Priority for Business.

Strategy Driven

Corporations working with public sector and non-profit organizations to achieve mutual goals in the communities. Hardware, software and component producers revolutionizing the next generation of technology. Managing mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. Procurement and purchasing capacities. Scientists, per research program.

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What I Learned from Leading a Tunisian Ministry During the Arab Spring

Harvard Business Review

I was asked to be Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Information & Communication Technologies. Just like a technology company, we intentionally physically set up our “lab” on the opposite side of Tunis, far from the main body of government. A sense of urgency can help leaders reach goals.

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How Companies, Governments, and Nonprofits Can Create Social Change Together

Harvard Business Review

.” When we talk with corporate executives around the country, they almost always ask the same question: Can managers and CEOs really accomplish their business goals while also advancing society’s goals? These leaders and their teams comprise a range of varied strengths but are aligned toward shared goals.

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Change Management Is Becoming Increasingly Data-Driven. Companies Aren’t Ready

Harvard Business Review

We are working with a large travel and tourism firm to introduce a system for real-time employee feedback. However, when it comes to change, few track performance from project to project beyond knowing which ones met their goals. Are some managers better than others at delivering messages to employees? Which stakeholders are involved?

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Why President Kagame Runs Rwanda Like a Business

Harvard Business Review

So far, Rwanda''s three big clusters are coffee, tea, and tourism, but Porter is convinced there are more to come. In the initial three areas of coffee, tea, and tourism, that effort has advanced quite far now. Rwanda is winning international awards and marketing globally, and tourism is booming. Kagame: Right.

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