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The Boomers are Leaving! – How to Create and Implement a Knowledge.

Strategy Driven

But when they do leave, they will take with them years of institutional knowledge acquired on the job. Despite the media coverage of Boomers and how a tidal wave of retirements could impact business, many senior managers are kicking the can down the road, putting off the job of creating a system and process for capturing knowledge.

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The Boomers are Leaving! – How to Create and Implement a Knowledge.

Strategy Driven

Like rungs on a ladder, each phase builds on the next, so it’s important that you consider each step as you create your knowledge retention program. Keeping this a low priority could lead to a great deal of deep, tacit knowledge walking out the door, maybe for good.

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How Corporate HQ Can Get More from Innovation Outposts

Harvard Business Review

Setting up innovation outposts in global technology clusters, such as Silicon Valley, Boston, and Tel Aviv, is highly popular among Fortune 500 corporations. There were no processes and systems in place to integrate the outpost team with the company HQ and the rest of the organization. Speed up corporate deal making processes.

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The Limits of 3D Printing

Harvard Business Review

So instead of looking at it as a substitute for existing manufacturing, we should look to new areas where it can exploit its unique capabilities to complement traditional manufacturing processes. In these cases, 3D printing has to compete with scale-driven manufacturing processes and rather efficient logistics operations.

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How to Bring in a New CEO for Your Startup

Harvard Business Review

In the process of shaping the management team and company, a common challenge is that one or more of the company’s top-notch personalities are impeding growth. I’ve seen founders stay on successfully as chief technology officer, chief marketing officer, or as a board member. Break away from the past.

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Your Whole Company Needs to Be Distinctive, Not Just Your Product

Harvard Business Review

Back in the 1980s, a company could set itself apart through scale, being the largest company in a category provided leverage over costs, back office processes, distribution, and marketing effectiveness. It became easier and easier for small enterprises to gain customer reach and awareness (along with working capital).

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Algorithms Make Better Predictions — Except When They Don’t

Harvard Business Review

Further, algorithms cannot (yet, anyway) tap intuition — the soft factors that are not data inputs, the tacit knowledge that experienced managers deploy every day, nor the creative genius of innovators. bad data), or it may be that the underlying process is unstable. Information & technology Technology'