Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2016

The Outward Mindset : Seeing Beyond Ourselves by The Arbinger Institute Unknowingly, too many of us operate from an inward mindset—a narrow-minded focus on self-centered goals and objectives. Taylor There's no such thing as an average or old-fashioned business, just average or old-fashioned ways to do business.

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Books Leadership Cialdini Govindarajan 150

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Back in 2013, a much-touted survey suggested that by 2020 — just over a year from now — a whopping 40% of the workforce would be so-called contingent workers, a number that would include contractors, temps and the self-employed. The size of the gig economy and how fast it’s growing also seem to be over-imagined at times.

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Quinn Entrepreneur IPO Survey 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

Corporations buy and employ human advice from many wise advisors—consultants, lawyers, investment bankers—in the same fashion that investors did in the past. Companies are both operators and investors. These numbers represent more than three times as much as was invested in 2013.

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Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

billion in 2013, making him the fifth highest-paid fund manager in the land. And Icahn, like Buffett, no longer has to worry about what is probably the biggest barrier to value-investing success — clients who abandon you when value falls out of fashion. Apple Finance Skill vs. luck' Then Andreessen quit the board.

Hedge 8

Hedge Venture Capitalist Letter Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

They’re extending their brand into areas like technology, gaming, fashion, and lifestyle content — essentially becoming entertainment platforms. But by 2013, Linkin Park and Machine Shop had to address the fact that digital music (first downloads and then streaming) had changed the business dramatically.

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Business Model Merchandising Restructuring Fashion 8