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Writing while angry

Surviving Leadership

King asked that the story be pulled from publication in 1999, wrote about why in 2013, and has donated proceeds from that writing to gun control efforts. King’s writings came to mind because we are living in a society that incubates violence. In the years since the novella’s publication, numerous school shootings have taken place.

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Why I Still Believe in India

Harvard Business Review

That spirit is displayed by the leadership team of Village Laundry Service , a business our venture investment and incubation arm started in 2008 (I remain on the Board of Directors after we brought in a full-time professional leadership team and attracted outside investment). Consumers love the convenience of this concept.

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0511 | Larry Downes: Full Transcript

LDRLB

It’s not generally a technology problem; it’s a leadership problem. What we say is, long before Netflix showed up, long before any of these disruptives showed up, the leadership of these companies knows full well that there are technology disruptors that are on the horizon. DAVID: Yeah. What did they come up with?

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Engaging Medical Specialists in Improving Health Care Value

Harvard Business Review

Second, DPIs are encouraged to enroll in a leadership program offered jointly with Harvard Business School as well as a process improvement course focusing on lean techniques and the plan-do-study-act model. And finally, the DPIs play a direct role in helping to redesign care in their departments.

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Building a Software Start-Up Inside GE

Harvard Business Review

How can these companies overcome the inevitable leadership, organizational, and cultural challenges involved? ” To hit the aggressive growth targets (750 by the end of 2013 and 1000 by November 2014) Waldo had to rewrite some GE rules. Second, we are incubating new software talent and [creating] software DNA.