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

The Horizons Tracker

Bedding in innovation. The latest example of digital governance in the country is the Digital Testbed Framework , which allows innovators from around the world to test out their ideas from within the digital government setting. ” Encouraging change. ” Growing interest.

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

Michael Lee Stallard

In addition to the negative impact on decision-making, diminished communications from the lack of connection reduces the marketplace of ideas inside the organization, which in turn reduces innovation. Admiral Clark’s description of who sailors are as members of the U.S. why is everyone smiling?

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How the U.S. Airline Industry Found Its Edge

Harvard Business Review

Between 2001 and the end of 2008, for example, no less than 15 U.S. The turnaround can’t be attributed to a bold, Da Vinci-esque initiative such as new carbon fiber aircraft, the pioneering of new markets or even low-cost innovation. For many airlines, this simple innovation was the difference between survival and insolvency.

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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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How Amazon Trained Its Investors to Behave

Harvard Business Review

By the fourth quarter of 2001 — that is, within about 21 months — it was turning a profit. Clayton Christensen has long complained that standard financial metrics can be enemies of innovation and growth. Bezos could get more interested in space travel than selling massive quantities of stuff at just above cost.

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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.