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3M's Sustainability Innovation Machine

Harvard Business Review

Paul, MN, headquarters of the perennial innovation leader, 3M. For good reason, the $30-billion company has long been held up as a role model of how to manage innovation. In the sustainability realm, 3M pioneered what now seems like an obvious idea: avoiding pollution before having to clean it up.

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A Survey of 3,000 Executives Reveals How Businesses Succeed with AI

Harvard Business Review

While investment in AI is heating up, corporate adoption of AI technologies is still lagging. Believe the hype that AI can potentially boost your top and bottom line. Furthermore, early AI adopters are 3.5 Don’t believe the hype: Not every business is using AI… yet.

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Why Nokia's Collapse Should Scare Apple

Harvard Business Review

In 1994, the dominant global provider of mobile handsets was Motorola: its shares were trading at an all-time high and it was seen as an outstanding innovator and even described by a senior consultant at A. As the failures piled up, so did the stories of mounting bureaucracy, back-stabbing, and top management "living in a different world".

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The 4 Dimensions of Digital Trust, Charted Across 42 Countries

Harvard Business Review

Google has led off the new year by blocking websites that mask their country of origin from showing up on Google News. those who call up a car on a ride-sharing app, check news on social media or pay for an online transaction) and guarantors (e.g. We refer to these parties, respectively, as givers (e.g.

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25 Years Ago I Coined the Phrase ?Triple Bottom Line.? Here?s Why It?s Time to Rethink It.

Harvard Business Review

With this in mind, I’m volunteering to carry out a management concept recall: with 2019 marking the 25th anniversary of the “triple bottom line,” a term I coined in 1994, I propose a strategic recall to do some fine tuning. It is time to either step up — or to get out of the way. Changing the System.

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Convincing Skeptical Employees to Adopt New Technology

Harvard Business Review

” “It’s most important not that early adopters adopt, but that influencers adopt,” Mankins emphasizes. “Getting those folks on board early is critical.” You’ll need to know “which employees are adopting the technology and which kind of rewards means the most to them.”