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In the CEO Afterlife
NOVEMBER 13, 2011
Leadership. I’ve never thought of the homeless as innovative or entrepreneurial. Beneath the pier and within reach of your coins from above are 5 picnic blankets spread six-feet apart, each with novel merchandising themes to entice charitable currency. Human Resources. Leadership. In the CEO Afterlife.
In the CEO Afterlife
APRIL 5, 2016
Companies say they want to be customer-centric, to be innovative, to produce outstanding products and services, to be environmentally responsible, to be socially responsible, and so on. Bean , the idea of selling really good merchandise at a reasonable profit and treating customers like human beings is worth the effort.
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Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 15, 2012
Given the unrelenting pace of change surrounding organizations in virtually every industry, companies are looking for executives who know how to innovate and introduce change, not simply caretakers who can manage the status quo. Senior management doesn't really encourage innovation, you'll hear. They won't let me take risks."
You're Not the Boss of Me
OCTOBER 31, 2010
You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← The Language of Leadership in the 21st Century. They stifle creativity and innovation. From this perspective, I think it safe to say that the work of leadership includes breaking rules.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 15, 2017
Pioneers of new business models, such as Alibaba and Amazon, are launching innovations in rapid succession, such as voice ordering and real-time pricing, while simultaneously building scale and driving down costs. Danita Delimont/Getty Images. Few industries are being disrupted as drastically as the retail industry.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 27, 2017
The bad news: Petabytes of new data and algorithmic innovation assure that “autonomy creep” will relentlessly challenge human oversight from within. At one American retailer, an autonomous ensemble of algorithms replaced the entire merchandising department. Human leadership defers to demonstrable algorithmic power.
In the CEO Afterlife
NOVEMBER 4, 2012
But even artists have to eat, and the fuel of commerce and industry is innovation and novelty. Economically I probably helped shift some merchandise. This hybridization of the arts and business is nothing new of course – it’s been going on for centuries – but they have always been uncomfortable bed-fellows. Let’s trade.
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