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How to Lead in High Turbulence – 5 Lessons from the Tunisian revolution

Strategy Driven

This was the context when on Christmas day 2013, the then designated Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa offered me the aforementioned thankless and non-lucrative opportunity. Separate the transformation or innovation team from the traditional part of the organization. Turbulence. Build bonds to strengthen trust.

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What I Learned from Leading a Tunisian Ministry During the Arab Spring

Harvard Business Review

After a general election that saw an Islamist-led coalition rise to power, the country witnessed two political assassinations in February and July 2013. This was the context when, on Christmas Day 2013, the then-designated Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa offered me the aforementioned thankless and non-lucrative opportunity.

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The Mainstreaming of Augmented Reality: A Brief History

Harvard Business Review

But it also has implications for areas outside of entertainment, such as marketing, fashion, tourism, and retail, where commercial AR apps have already been increasing in numbers and popularity. Apps developed for tourism purposes started appearing in the 2000s, but initially they were predominantly created in university labs.

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China Needs a New Generation of Dreamers (and New Dreams)

Harvard Business Review

China leads the world in population, and probably in sheer numbers of entrepreneurs as well, but does it lead the world in innovative dreams? Dreams power innovation, and innovation is key to all of our futures, but who’s dreaming on China’s behalf? So, where are those innovation dreams coming from, and what are they like?

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Why Your Customers Hate You and How to Fix It

Skip Prichard

More importantly, he offers concrete examples of how any organization—large or small, and regardless of industry—can innovate in ways that delight customers and attract top-level talent. What do leaders often get wrong when they think of innovation ? Many of them have little understanding of what innovation actually means.

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