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Revealing Leadership Insights From Thinkers50

Tanveer Naseer

Technology has clearly paid a huge part in this, but the biggest driver of change in how organizations are run is the ceaseless quest for improvement; to manage more efficiently and effectively to better achieve business results. Think of Peter Drucker who topped the first Thinkers50 ranking in 2001.

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The Big Picture of Business- Anniversaries Honor the Past and Build Support for the Future

Strategy Driven

In 1998, I advised the Disney corporation and reminded them that Walt Disney’s 100th birthday in 2001 would offer great marketing and positioning opportunities. These anniversaries should be celebrated in 2015: The Galleria, 45th. Technology is but one tool of the trade. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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What GE’s Board Could Have Done Differently

Harvard Business Review

During Jeff Immelt’s tenure as CEO of General Electric, from 2001 until 2017, the company’s stock price fell by over 30%, a decline of roughly $150 billion in shareholder value. When Jack Welch stepped down as CEO in 2001, GE’s defined benefit (DB) plan was sitting on a surplus of $14.6

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The Great Recession Drastically Changed the Skills Employers Want

Harvard Business Review

Previous research has suggested that a primary driver of this job polarization is something called routine-biased technological change (RBTC), an unfortunate mouthful whereby new technologies substitute for repetitive, middle-skill jobs and complement analytical, high-skill jobs. labor market over the past 30 years.

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How AI Helped One Retailer Reach New Customers

Harvard Business Review

It was 2001, and online advertising was at its nascent stage. By 2015, RedBalloon was delivering more than four million customers to businesses across Australia and New Zealand that offered “experiences.” Internet Explorer was the leading Internet browser and Google AdWords had only just recently launched.

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14 Principles that Made Amazon

Skip Prichard

He is a leading authority on insurance, risk management, technology, and innovation. In the 2015 Letter he talks about the benefits of high-velocity decisions. Bezos 2015 Letter) To be clear, Amazon has an “intolerance for incompetence.” Fortunately, Bezos gave you his plan, if you just know where to look.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job: Disruption and Activist Investors

Harvard Business Review

In 2015 Trian Partners, an activist investor, bought $2.5 In 2015 the 10 largest shareholders in a typical S&P 500 company held almost half of the company’s stock.) GE’s gross margin was 21% last year, compared with 28% for United Technologies and 30% for Siemens. Its stock is trading where it was 20 years ago.

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