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Be More Productive Now: Mindful Strategies for Increasing Performance

Strategy Driven

He is the founder of The Potential Project – a leading global provider of corporate based mindfulness solutions operating in 20 countries. She is a Partner with The Potential Project and has worked with leaders from around the globe including from Sony, American Express, RBC and KPMG to name a few. Her clients include Yahoo!7,

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The IT Challenge of the London Olympics

Harvard Business Review

The fact is, London 2012 is the largest and most sophisticated sports information technology (IT) project of all time. It has been our responsibility to lead the consortium of IT partners involved in designing, building, and operating the massive, mission critical IT infrastructure and solutions that support the Games.

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The Secret to Alibaba’s Culture Is Jack Ma’s Apartment

Harvard Business Review

In 2002, the year Alibaba.com first became profitable, founder Jack Ma gathered a handful of employees in his office and told them there was a secret project that they had the opportunity to join. Today, Alibaba looks more like a conglomerate than a typical tech company, with a diverse set of businesses operating largely independently.

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The Best Approach to Decision Making Combines Data and Managers’ Expertise

Harvard Business Review

Data is now the critical tool for managing many corporate functions, including marketing, pricing, supply chain, operations, and more. In a typical big data project, a manager engages an internal or external team to collect and process data, hoping to extract insights related to a particular business problem.

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How to Create Remarkable Teams PART 2 – Collaboration

Ask Atma

So the designer teaches everyone about UX/AI, the coders teach about their development methodology, the project managers teach about agile protocols, and the sales people describe what it is like in the field. 2010), and even looking into the impact of facial features (DeBruine, Lisa, 2002). 5) Operational Transparency -.

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Embrace Your Constraints to Create New Markets

Harvard Business Review

About 7 percent of the population wore eyeglasses in 2002, while whopping 65 percent of those in need did not have them. As they scaled this project, they worked on efficiency, operations and reducing overhead to achieve a true innovation: something that changed the lives of millions while achieving profitability.

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What We Can Learn About Resilience from Female Leaders of the UN

Harvard Business Review

Through my leadership development work with the United Nations (UN), I’ve been privileged to work with professionals who operate in some of the world’s most challenging contexts. ” As with seeds tossed onto rocky soil, Van Wagenen accepts that not all projects will germinate and bear fruit.

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