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How We Built a New Company Culture

Harvard Business Review

I learned this while leading a turnaround of NPS Pharmaceuticals , a biotechnology company that now specializes in creating treatments for rare diseases. My senior executives and I made our values the language of leadership. Even individuals on NPS’s leadership team who didn’t embrace our values had to go.

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Innovative Companies Get Their Best Ideas from Academic Research — Here’s How They Do It

Harvard Business Review

In virtually every advanced field, whether it’s information technology, biotechnology, agriculture, or renewable energy, America holds a leading position. Those factors do play important roles, but the most important thing driving America’s success has been its unparalleled scientific leadership. vincent tsui FOR HBR.