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Women Will Come To The Fore In The Feeling Economy

The Horizons Tracker

It revealed that adding women to software development teams not only boosted team performance but also reduced workplace delinquency. “Companies should recruit more women to their development teams not only for obvious ethical reasons but because this will improve performance.

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White Gold: A Story of Persistence

RapidStart Leadership

Before long, oil wells were popping up all over the place. Within seven years, petroleum had become the second most valuable export in the United States, helping fuel industrial expansion and development at home and abroad. Platt was ready to give up. We have to be willing to roll up our sleeves and do the work.

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Big Bets vs. Little Bets and the future of HP

Harvard Business Review

They then researched and analyzed the markets, segmented them, and developed products. If the idea got far enough, they developed marketing campaigns, sales strategies, and launched it. To borrow a phrase from Silicon Valley thought leader and author Eric Ries , they "achieved a failure." Their ideas made sense.

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The 5 Requirements of a Truly Innovative Company

Harvard Business Review

The least charitable explana­tion for this oversight is that despite evidence to the contrary, many senior managers still assume that a few genetically blessed souls are innately crea­tive, while the rest can’t come up with anything more exciting than suggestions for the cafeteria menu. Comprehensive innovation metrics.