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Why Every 21st Century Sales Leader Needs to Be a Creative Problem Solver

Great Leadership By Dan

Recently, in a nationwide survey of educators and policymakers, Adobe found that three quarters of the respondents believe that students need to develop creative problem-solving skills for their future careers. As I’m fond of saying, “You can’t offshore, automate, or AI creativity.”

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Why Immigration Is So Important In The Global Race For Talent

The Horizons Tracker

The importance of foreign talent to a country’s innovative capabilities was underlined by a recent letter signed by 40 heads of business schools from across the United States, which makes the case for a more liberal immigration policy that allows greater mobility of talent. “We do not believe the U.S. ” Early warning. .”

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Research: Don’t Offshore Your R&D

Harvard Business Review

Just because a company can offshore some portion of its operations doesn’t mean it should. That appears to be the case with the offshoring of research and development, according to a new paper from the Center for European Economic Research.

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America's Innovation Shortfall and How We Can Solve It

Harvard Business Review

A vast ideological gap on macro-economic policy divides Washington and much of the nation, but there is almost universal agreement on one solution: innovation. Innovation is now perceived as a panacea for job creation, income generation, economic growth, dollar strength, and the revival of the U.S. as global hegemon.

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What Data Journalists Need to Do Differently

Harvard Business Review

Guardian journalist James Ball, who has been closely associated with the use of data for journalism – from his work with Wikileaks to the “Offshore Leaks” investigations – recently offered an interesting analysis of these developments. These new media outlets have been received with both praise and criticism.

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The Rebirth of U.S. Manufacturing: Myth or Reality?

Harvard Business Review

Gulf Coast, an announcement by Flextronics of plans to create a $32 million product innovation center in Silicon Valley, and a decision by Airbus to build a $600 million assembly line in Alabama for its jetliners. In the future, many commoditized products will continue to be made offshore. from China and elsewhere. In the U.S.,

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Job Creation: Focus on Programs, Not Politics

Harvard Business Review

Forty percent of respondents to a Kauffman Foundation entrepreneur survey cited the lack of qualified workers as "the biggest obstacle standing in the way of continued growth." These are not jobs that can be offshored — they must be filled right here. And numbers from Deloitte indicate that U.S. While the U.S.