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Mindfulness as a Management Technique Goes Back to at Least the 1970s

Harvard Business Review

It first influenced business decades ago, through the development of an unmistakably hard skill that senior managers must master: strategic planning. As Art Kleiner described in the The Age of Heretics , Wack had “a lifelong preoccupation with the art of what he called ‘seeing.'”

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 12/10/12)

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David Marquet The Dawn of Innovation: The First American Industrial Revolution Charles R. I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Turn the Ship Around!: How to Create Leadership at Every Level L. Morris Selling to China: A Guide to Doing Business in China [.].

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The Best Entrepreneurs Are Missionaries, Not Mercenaries

Harvard Business Review

The big news in the venture capital world is that John Doerr, legendary partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, is moving into a new role as the firm’s first chair, where he’ll be what he describes as a “player coach” to support the firm’s next generation of leaders.

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How the Most Successful Teams Bridge the Strategy-Execution Gap

Harvard Business Review

” In their seminal HBR piece , Paul Leinwand, Cesare Mainardi, and Art Kleiner outlined what senior leaders must do to close the strategy-to-execution gap. more time influencing high-level stakeholders by identifying their needs and managing their expectations. Action without vision is a nightmare.” How do they do it?

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Why the Real World Will Matter More in 2014

Harvard Business Review

Kleiner Perkins analyst Mary Meeker showed in her influential 2013 D11 address that “wearable computing is coming on strong, faster than the typical 10 year cycle” of tech trends. He observes: “this is the inception of an industrial revolution.”. Managing yourself Tech industry Technology'

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