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Microsoft’s Bid to Make Outlook More than Email

Harvard Business Review

Most of the features will be incorporated into Outlook 2013 and Outlook Web for Office 365, with more partnerships likely to come. Outlook’s transformation reinforces CEO Satya Nadella’s goal to “ reinvent productivity.” So what can Microsoft do to ensure that Outlook’s transition is successful?

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Strategic Choices Need to Be Made Simultaneously, Not Sequentially

Harvard Business Review

The CEO of a large Australian company called me to relay a particular strategy development problem his firm was facing, and ask for my advice. It turned out that Uber’s How to Win had a lot to do with building a first-mover advantage in markets like the U.S.; But it didn’t work in the Where to Play of China.

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A Survey of 3,000 Executives Reveals How Businesses Succeed with AI

Harvard Business Review

While it’s clear that CEOs need to consider AI’s business implications, the technology’s nascence in business settings makes it less clear how to profitably employ it. They add that strong support comes not only from the CEO and IT executives but also from all other C-level officers and the board of directors.

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