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The Big Picture of Business- Anniversaries Honor the Past and Build Support for the Future

Strategy Driven

Change is innovative. One can always learn from the past, dust it off and reapply it. These anniversaries should be celebrated in 2015: The Galleria, 45th. Good opportunities to compare successes, case studies, methodologies, learning curves and insights. Learn from successes and three times more from failures.

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How a New Generation of Business Leaders Views Philanthropy

Harvard Business Review

In December 2015, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan announced their intention to commit an estimated $45 billion in Facebook stock to improve the state of the world via a limited liability company (LLC) instead of a traditional foundation. Invest for impact in both non- and for-profits.

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The Difference Between Coaching Rookies and Veterans

Harvard Business Review

In February 2015, he pulled out of the Honda Classic, declaring his play “ not tournament-ready.” ” The commentators suggested that Woods didn’t need learning; he needed un-learning. (In Here are several ways you can adjust your approach based on where someone is on the learning curve: 1.

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The Benefits of Hiring Your Best Customers

Harvard Business Review

I’ve found that managers who fully embrace a superconsumer strategy learn more from their consumers through increased empathy. “The learning curve in any industry is steep, but it is particularly so in the airline industry. Longer tenure reduces the challenge of a steep learning curve.”

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Surgeons Are Using Social Media to Share and Learn New Skills

Harvard Business Review

This dispersion of practice makes it more likely that a surgeon today may be the only one to perform certain procedures in a given geographic region (particularly outside of large cities) and that innovative ideas, tips, and best practices may arise from outside of the traditional academic “hubs.” ” Enter social media.

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The Battle Over iPhones in India

Harvard Business Review

billion in 2015. In 2015 alone the country attracted $9 billion in venture capital and was home to four “unicorns” — privately held ventures valued in excess of a billion dollars. Forrester Research reports that online spending in India will grow to nearly $75 billion by 2020, from $12.1

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