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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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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.

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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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Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business Review

For instance, the cost of building and equipping a leading-edge semiconductor fab has climbed to $7 billion, as the technology required to make more advanced chips is getting more complex. Guidelines for selecting an appropriate model. In many industries, the capital required to build an asset of minimum efficient scale is growing.

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

Harvard Business Review

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 course, new technologies, the changing expectations of employees, and the dynamic nature of business will always affect the nature of work.

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Your Boss Won’t Say Yes If Emotions Are Running High

Harvard Business Review

In our research on how middle managers sell their ideas up the chain of command ( which we describe in the January-February 2015 issue of HBR ), we’ve found that those who do so most successfully are the ones who manage emotions on both sides. He wanted to sell his boss, the GM, on a safer and cheaper gas-scrubbing technology.

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The Dos and Don’ts of Working with Emerging-Market Data

Harvard Business Review

For example, as Greece returned to financial crisis in 2015, the IMF forecasted 2.5% Greece’s actual 2015 growth was -.8%.) One illustrating case of this was technology company Alpha, whose industry-specific data provider predicted computer sales growth of 90% in Ukraine for Q1 2015. Alpha’s U.S.