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Managing Distraction in the Digital Era

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Amy Blankson: In 2013, the National Center for Biotechnology Information reported that the average attention span of a human has dropped to a mere eight seconds , one second behind that of a goldfish. Why does this matter? An interruption as short as 2.8 second interruption can triple error rates. I’ll be back in one hour).

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Antibodies: Individual Stars Can Destroy Culture

N2Growth Blog

Genentech is a global biotechnology company that created an entire drug discovery industry. With the Genentech example in mind, we are coining the term ‘anti-bodies.’ They’re the people that look good on the paper and have stellar resumes but destroy culture and economic value in the long run.

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Diverse Boards Are More Innovative

The Horizons Tracker

According to a study conducted by the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, diversity in terms of gender, race, and ethnicity has proven to be beneficial for companies operating in the United States. “We looked at their experiences and not just their demographic background—the more functional aspect of diversity. ” .”

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A Simple Workaround to Overcome the Bureaucratic Mindset

Tanveer Naseer

Russell is an educational psychologist, author, executive coach and management consultant whose clients include Fortune 500 executives in aerospace, healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, information technology, telecommunications and oil and gas. There is a somewhat happy ending, however.

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Innovation Should Be a Top Priority for Boards. So Why Isn’t It?

Harvard Business Review

We also found that a focus on innovation tends to go hand in hand with longer-term time horizons. Companies that are organized around creating and enhancing value over the long term were more likely to have boards that prioritize innovation, as compared with companies that are primarily focused on achieving short-term results.

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Think Global, Not Emerging Markets, Century

Harvard Business Review

Notwithstanding their rapidly growing economies, China and India are a long way from attaining technological parity with developed countries like the US. In 2010, China overtook Japan to become the world's second largest R&D spender (in purchasing power parity terms) after the U.S.

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Why Boards Aren’t Dealing with Cyberthreats

Harvard Business Review

These findings confirm that directors simply aren’t internalizing the extensive, long-term damage an attack could inflict on their organizations. pharmaceuticals, biotechnology & life sciences, health care equipment and services); Industrials (e.g., Why the disconnect between the global- and company-level views?