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Artisans Must Balance the Books

Harvard Business Review

When I founded the nonprofit African Institution of Technology , I initially focused on helping African entrepreneurs or artisans, especially those with only primary education, develop new skills and market opportunities. Rather, they were abandoning their businesses because of bad bookkeeping.

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The Right CEO Personality for Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

For example, marketing optimizes its activities for its own benefit and the sales and customer service functions do likewise. The end-to-end process of customer acquisition and retention — getting rid of duplicate activities and information across marketing, sales and customer service — isnt touched.

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The Big Picture of Business – Becoming a Legend

Strategy Driven

The art with which we build our careers and our legacy is a journey that benefits many others along the way. Business development. However, recognition programs are a balanced scorecard that involves the scrutiny of the company and its leaders by credible outside sources. Understands that careers evolve.

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The Buzz on Green Business in China

Harvard Business Review

The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. This last article is the one that really grabbed my attention.

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The Next Frontier of Judgment - Across Enterprises

Harvard Business Review

Now consider the joint judgment involved in a process of co-creation , whereby companies collaborate with customers or other partners to bring new offerings to market. Brook Manville consults to socially-minded enterprises on matters of strategy and organizational development. Well need to enable cross-boundary judgment.

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Why the TSA Screening Revolt is Like Poison Ivy

Harvard Business Review

Can we harness the information age to develop some sort of calamine lotion to soothe our hysteria in the face of uncertainty? Can we harness the information age to develop some sort of calamine lotion to soothe our hysteria in the face of uncertainty?

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The Best Strategic Leaders Balance Agility and Consistency

Harvard Business Review

I find these particularly relevant to personal development, as individuals often must resolve the tensions between competing values and traits and must carefully monitor their own strengths so those strengths don’t lapse into weaknesses. Markets demand that companies and people adapt and change constantly.

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