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Bring Back the General Manager

Harvard Business Review

Two decades ago, organizations were designed around stand-alone business units, so all managers had to understand finance, technology, manufacturing, sales, marketing, strategy, human resources, and more. Finally, carve out innovation incubators that will serve not only to build new businesses but also to grow general managers.

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A New Model for Innovation in Big Companies

Harvard Business Review

As they built up a unique network of thousands of entrepreneurs across 35 countries, they started to see that there was a lot of demand in reverse — companies kept asking them for advice on how to become more entrepreneurial instead of wanting to simply connect with entrepreneurs.