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What Leaders Need To Do To Create A Thriving Organization

Tanveer Naseer

In light of these exercises and insights, I reminded the audience that we have to be mindful that we’re demonstrating to our employees that we’re not invested in being right, but in doing right by them. Guy Kawasaki and Tanveer Naseer – MHLC 2013 3. “It’s

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The Surprising Power of Business Experiments

Skip Prichard

When it finally came to my attention, I realized right away that large-scale, controlled experimentation would revolutionize the way all companies operate their businesses and how managers make decisions. Consider Kohl’s, the large retailer, which in 2013 was looking for ways to decrease its operating costs.

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Big Thinking for Small Business

Women on Business

If you operate a home décor company that strives to connect to style-savvy urban hipsters but your website is cluttered, and very UN-edgy, you’re going to be perceived as anything but hip. So if your audience has style, and wants to know where to find more, lead them to it. Which of course is where it gets tricky.

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The 7 Silent Business Killers

Strategy Driven

Dig hard into your operation to see what’s wrong. 3 Innovation is DOA. You need to re-energize innovation-fast. Make innovation the number one goal in the company (read: big incentives for achieving innovation goals). Train everyone (and I do mean everyone) in the tools and techniques of innovation.

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Lessons Learned from Corporate Branding and Rebranding Efforts of Note

Strategy Driven

As a 2013 company report* stated, “Navistar was selected as a name with a strong sound, a resonance to Harvester, and a connection to its root words “navigate” and “star.” The Miller heritage could not be lost, particularly because his founding products were innovative for their time.

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Smart Marketing for Small Businesses

Strategy Driven

” Marketing can sometimes slip through the cracks given the constant and pressing demands of sales, client service, and internal operations. Writing about your company, products, services, or industry will help you to formalize and organize your thinking, which could spur innovative ideas or content for other aspects of your business.

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The Best Digital Business Models Put Evolution Before Revolution

Harvard Business Review

Business model innovation is hard. There is another way to make money from business model innovation. To many people, this kind of change doesn’t feel like it’s real business model innovation. For over a century, General Electric has had a focus on product innovation as a key driver of growth. Why is that?