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

Strategy Driven

I was Dean of a leading business school in Paris and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the top mobile telecom operator in Tunisia when the Arab Spring broke out, turning the already troubled Middle East and North Africa upside down. Separate the transformation or innovation team from the traditional part of the organization.

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Nigeria’s GDP Just Doubled on Paper: What It Means in Practice

Harvard Business Review

There is a general consensus among economic analysts and commentators that the changes are merely cosmetic — they certainly do not affect the daily lives of most average Nigerians, and their timing might be politically motivated given the upcoming 2015 elections which are expected to be highly contested. Global business'

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Unsafe Thinking: How to Get Out of Your Rut

Leading Blog

The ability to meet challenges with a willingness to depart from standard operating procedures; to confront anxiety, tolerate criticism, take intelligent risks, and refute conventional wisdom—especially one’s own views—in order to achieve breakthroughs” is what Jonah Sachs calls unsafe thinking. W E ALL GET STUCK IN RUTS. Thinking ruts.

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

Harvard Business Review

I was Dean of a leading business school in Paris and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the top mobile telecom operator in Tunisia when the Arab Spring broke out, turning the already troubled Middle East and North Africa upside down. Separate the transformation or innovation team from the traditional part of the organization.

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Fighting Chronic Disease Starts with Better Pediatric Care

Harvard Business Review

There is general consensus that a major solution lies in better managing and preventing adult chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart failure. In adult care, CMS announced in 2015 ambitious value-based payment goals for Medicare, which were achieved 11 months ahead of schedule. Lauri Rotko/Folio Images/Getty Images.

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Do We Need A Recruitment Agency For Robots?

The Horizons Tracker

The number of industrial robots in operation around the world has grown rapidly in recent years, but nowhere more so than in China, where some 30% of the world’s robots are in operation. In PPP terms, the US invested $86 billion in 2015, which is roughly 62 times the amount invested in the UK in the same period.

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Why Climate Change and Other Global Problems Are Pushing Some Business Leaders to Embrace Regulation

Harvard Business Review

More than 365 companies and investors voiced their support for the US Clean Power Plan in 2015. Companies invested significant resources in pushing for high public policy ambition in agreeing the UN Sustainable Development Goals in 2015. Ultimately, long-term legitimacy, reputation, and license to operate are at stake.