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Mary Barra Brings Teaming to General Motors

Harvard Business Review

That’s part and parcel of Mary’s success, and the rest of the team plays well together, too.” Bringing teaming into an organization plagued by legacy routines and mindsets is critical to reviving innovation and employee engagement. Innovation is always the product of teaming. 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

The innovation portfolio. The innovation portfolio also contained a new business unit called MedStar Ambulatory Services, a network of small, storefront clinics, diagnostic labs, and primary care offices located in dozens of neighborhoods. Partnerships like these are also part of the innovation portfolio. billion in 2010 to $4.9

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Europe’s Other Crisis: A Digital Recession

Harvard Business Review

and China take the lead in tech innovation. While 44% of EU residents shopped online in 2014, a paltry 15% bought from another member state; barely up by six and a half percentage points since 2010, according to the European Commission’s (EC) “Digital Agenda Scoreboard 2015.” Investing in innovation capacity.

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