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It’s Time To Stop VCs Driving Entrepreneurship

The Horizons Tracker

One could certainly be forgiven for not recognizing such a picture, especially if you’re a regular reader of the technology press, which features a daily exposition of the vast sums being raised by startups around the world. An environment of creative destruction most definitely is not present. A different picture. Looking in the wrong place.

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The Best Jobs Go to the Best Educated People and Here is Why

Strategy Driven

For example, in the field of medicine, new technologies are constantly being developed to help aid and assist patients. If the people working in that field do not have the skill set and have not practiced with these technologies in an educational setting, then how are they going to be able to provide the support and care that is needed?

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The End Of Long-Term Planning

Strategy Driven

With the pace of business change today, driven by technology and globalization, long-term plans last about as long as an ice storm in the desert. In August 2013, for example, Amazon acquired The Washington Post. In that letter, Bezos commented: “There is no map, and charting a path ahead will not be easy. He was right.

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Thank You For Your Service (My Proudest Guest Post Ever!)

Mills Scofield

As a soldier deployed for my ninth time since the events of September 11, 2001 I’ve seen firsthand the amazing impact something as simple as a letter can have on the human spirit. ” It is a remarkable sight, to be sure. As such, 75% of Americans seek the opportunity for service opportunities in other ways.

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0511 | Larry Downes: Full Transcript

LDRLB

I think our principal observation was that what was happening was that disruptive innovations driven by largely information technology but lots of other technologies on the fringe here that are getting ready to exhibit the same kind of characteristics were entering the market in kind of this better and cheaper way.

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14 Principles that Made Amazon

Skip Prichard

He is a leading authority on insurance, risk management, technology, and innovation. The Bezos Letters takes you through Jeff Bezos’ shareholder letters and distills them into growth principles you can apply in your company. After studying Jeff Bezos’ letters, what surprised you the most?

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Reflections on Dr. Deming’s Hospital Notes – What Has Changed Since 1990?

Deming Institute

It’s often not much more complicated than studying the patient’s needs, studying the work, and respecting and engaging team members to have a say in how processes, technology, and spaces are designed and utilized. When I teach at health systems, I always ask who has heard of Dr. Deming.

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