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StrategyDriven Welcomes Ruth Todd, PhD

Strategy Driven

A highly experienced nuclear power consultant, Ruth leads StrategyDriven's information technology and cyber security services. "We Her extensive knowledge and experience in information technology and cyber security adds a critical dimension to our advisory services practice and brings tremendous value to our clients.".

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7 Steps to Problem Solving

Skip Prichard

Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.” New business models are rapidly emerging from revolutionary Internet, machine learning, and bioscience technologies that threaten the status quo in every field. Technology change is speeding business up and providing an edge for disruptive innovators. New Skills Required.

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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 1998 letter he has a section titled Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History where he details the guidelines Amazon uses to decide who to hire. In the 2015 Letter he talks about the benefits of high-velocity decisions. Jeff Bezos.

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Lots of Employees Get Misclassified as Contractors. Here’s Why It Matters

Harvard Business Review

All of these issues rushed back to mind recently when the political leadership at the current U.S. For a deeper look into the distinctions under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the 2015 guidance document ). Hence the issuing of our now-retracted guidance in 2015. of employment in 2005 to 9.6% These distinctions matter.

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What It Was Like to Be a Manager in Ukraine

Harvard Business Review

In my former position as Managing Director of Philip Morris Ukraine where I was based from January 2012 until February 2015, I was forced to see it as a business crisis that threatened our people, operations, and bottom line. Indeed, Ukraine’s troubles offered an opportunity to build the leadership capacity of my management team.

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9 Sustainable Business Stories That Shaped 2016

Harvard Business Review

In 2015, the world pivoted in a historic way toward sustainability. In response to Trump’s election and his statements doubting climate change, many countries that signed the Paris climate accords in 2015 made it clear they would power on (China in particular — see story number three, below). Then came 2016.

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