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Estonia Highlights The Progress Made With Government-As-A-Platform

The Horizons Tracker

None of these nations has made as much progress as Malta, Portugal, or Estonia, however, who have managed to make around 98% of government services available online. Bedding in innovation. The testbed not only aims to give innovators access to the technological framework but also to the expertise that has helped to create it. .

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What U2 and the US Navy Have in Common: Connecting with Core Employees

Michael Lee Stallard

Leaders consciously or unconsciously lump employees into three categories: the “stars” consisting of those in management as well high potential employees, the much larger “core” made up of solid contributors, and the rest, employees whose contributions and fit with the organization are questionable. That might surprise some.

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Leadership Lessons from the Navy

Skip Prichard

A couple of years ago, my wife and I were traveling in Europe and visited a close personal friend, Rick, who was employed as a public affairs officer on a U.S. After graduating from Princeton in 2001, Donovan Campbell wanted to give back to his country, engage in the world, and learn to lead. military base. Be proactive.

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The U.S. Can’t Count on Technology to Revive the Job Market

Harvard Business Review

The declines in manufacturing jobs during the downturns of 2001 and 2007, which totaled over 5.8 Today, technology-driven productivity and innovation are still leading to growth in new information-intensive sectors. Consequently, information-intensive service jobs overtook physical service jobs in both numbers and wages after 2001.

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Learn to Adjust Your Focus

Harvard Business Review

When setting the ground rules for an innovation, you can describe it generally (find a game-changing way for people to clean their teeth) or in minute detail (create an abrasive cleanser that can be added to toothpaste to simulate that dentist-clean feeling after brushing at home). Abstract thinking is useful for early stages of innovation.

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Your Smartphone Works for the Surveillance State

Harvard Business Review

The infamous East German secret police, the Stasi , managed to infiltrate every pay of German life, from factories, to schools, to apartment blocks — the Stasi had eyes and ears everywhere. There has been a dramatic shift in mentality, and it doesn''t take much to work out the date on which this happened: September 11, 2001.

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