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Mary Barra Brings Teaming to General Motors

Harvard Business Review

When Dan Akerson became CEO in 2010, he brought a bit of daylight into the hallowed halls, breaking down siloes to urge collaboration between departments that had long stopped talking to each other — engineering and parts buyers, product development and purchasing, to name some especially critical relationships. They play well as a team.

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14 Principles that Made Amazon

Skip Prichard

He is a leading authority on insurance, risk management, technology, and innovation. In the 2015 Letter he talks about the benefits of high-velocity decisions. Failure comes part and parcel with invention” (Bezos 2013 letter). Bezos 2015 Letter) To be clear, Amazon has an “intolerance for incompetence.” Jeff Bezos.

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What to Do When Your Future Strategy Clashes with Your Present

Harvard Business Review

Doing that required developing a new business model in which MedStar would get paid to keep patients well. That could involve targeting new geographies, developing new products, taking advantage of new technologies, or devising new business models. The innovation portfolio. The investment portfolio.

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Europe’s Other Crisis: A Digital Recession

Harvard Business Review

Of these, only three, Switzerland, Ireland, and Estonia, made it to a commendable “Stand Out” category – which means that their high levels of digital development are attractive to global businesses and investors and that their digital ecosystems are positioned to nurture start ups and internet businesses that can compete globally.

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