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Using Supply Chains to Grow Your Business

Harvard Business Review

He is poised to become the leader in this segment of a multi-billion dollar market. Global supply chains can cut across many “cultures”: national, industry, technology, market segment, and more. In fact, advanced payments may be just the kind of proof that banks or equity investors need to open their pocket books.

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How Managers Can Make Casual Networking Events More Inclusive

Harvard Business Review

My manager and team practiced an egalitarian decision-making process in which we would meet, discuss everything from content marketing campaigns to social media tactics, and collectively come up with strategies to move forward with. Some years ago, at a former company, I began noticing a curious series of events. Organize more daytime events.

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Your Company's "Obituary" Can Shape Its Future

Harvard Business Review

How did your brand move the needle in a market category? This simple exercise grows out of a powerful question I heard years ago from advertising legend Roy Spence , who says he got it from Jim Collins of Good to Great fame. Their goal: "We don't want the experience of banking here to feel like banking anywhere else."

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Why the Future Belongs to Tough-Minded Optimists

Harvard Business Review

Unease is rippling through financial markets, and a sense of anxiety has overtaken society. Technology may be heading toward self-driving cars and genomics-inspired medicine, but most people believe the country is headed in the wrong direction. The signature of mediocrity is chronic inconsistency.”