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The Best Leadership Books of 2015

Leading Blog

Comparisons with Steve Jobs are not off the mark. Elon Musk : Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance Elon Musk is one of the most successful and important entrepreneurs in the world. Vance has written a fair portrait of Musk so far. That Musk is extremely persistent is clearly seen.

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Research Reveals The Importance Of A Local Supply Of Managers

The Horizons Tracker

Executive supply The researchers assess data from INPS, who are Italy’s social security bureau to understand the state of the Italian private sector workforce between 2005 and 2015. They then pair this with data from the balance sheets of those companies.

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How SWOT Analysis Harms Leaders

Lead Change Blog

We make these mistakes not only in work, but also in other life areas, for example in our shopping choices, as revealed by a series of studies done by a shopping comparison website. Martha, the CEO of a Midwestern healthcare company for whom I started consulting in early 2016, showed me her SWOT analysis from mid-2015. Cognitive Bias.

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Disclosing Covid Cases In Public Is More Effective Than Lockdown

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers highlight that such an approach was possible in large part due to the laws in the country surrounding the public sharing of information on people with infectious diseases, with significant changes introduced after the MERS outbreak in 2015. ”

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New Map Shows Global Labor Flows

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers monitored their usage between 1990 and 2015, as well as assessing around 130 million specific job transitions between over 4 million companies during that period. The data can also support the comparison of geo-industrial clusters and their role in economic growth, and of course the skills that underpin such growth.

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Companies Invest In Automation To Plug Gaps In An Aging Workforce

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers used the same techniques used internationally to examine the adoption of robotics and automation in around 700 metropolitan areas across the United States between 1990 and 2015. Generally speaking, the same trends appeared locally as they did globally.

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Adjusting to the New Consumer Norm through Multichannel Strategies

Strategy Driven

Those numbers are up from 47% in 2014 and 48% in 2015. This can be done by using online price comparison sites. In addition to being included on price comparison sites, retailers must come up with a strategy to boost their online presence. However, opportunities abound for those willing to put in the work.