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How to Lead in High Turbulence – 5 Lessons from the Tunisian revolution

Strategy Driven

I was Dean of a leading business school in Paris and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the top mobile telecom operator in Tunisia when the Arab Spring broke out, turning the already troubled Middle East and North Africa upside down. Build bonds to strengthen trust. But that’s also how business is.

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What I Learned from Leading a Tunisian Ministry During the Arab Spring

Harvard Business Review

I was Dean of a leading business school in Paris and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the top mobile telecom operator in Tunisia when the Arab Spring broke out, turning the already troubled Middle East and North Africa upside down. Build bonds to strengthen trust. And so the turbulence continues.

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Case Study: Should an Emerging-Market Incubator Help U.S. Businesses?

Harvard Business Review

They’d bonded over their Miami roots and their desire to make a difference in the world, and soon they began developing Helena’s idea into a fully fledged organization. operations. Miami’s median income was 10 times that of most of the cities where Unamano operated. It didn’t have U.S.