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Morning Advantage: If You Mean It, Measure It

Harvard Business Review

Yes, It's Important to Understand Your Customers (Innovate on Purpose). Forrester). So bear with us as we pass along some advice that may sound painstakingly obvious but needs stating nonetheless: make sure you really need it. In other words, put your metrics when your mouth is. LET THEM EAT COUPONS. Do You Really Need Big Data?

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Morning Advantage: Meet the New Robber Barons

Harvard Business Review

UNLIKELY INNOVATORS. It's easy to assume the rise of state-owned wealth funds would have a dampening effect on innovation; that government investors are more likely to fear disruptive influences than to promote them. Unprompted Advice for the Service Desk (Forrester Blogs). to Airbus in Europe. PITY POOR I.T.

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Leadership Lessons from the Navy

Skip Prichard

His book, Lessons from the Navy: How to Earn Trust, Lead Teams, and Achieve Organizational Excellence is loaded with advice to help all leaders aspiring to operate at the highest levels. In her remarks she stated that, prior to her assuming command, I gave her some simple advice. Be proactive. Find reasons to recognize your employees.