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Avivah Wittenberg-Cox on Gender, Generations, and the Workplace of Tomorrow

HR Digest

Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, a trailblazer in the realm of gender balance and inclusive leadership, shares profound insights in an exclusive interview with The HR Digest. The HR Digest: As a pioneer in gender balance advocacy, what are some of the most significant breakthroughs you’ve witnessed in achieving gender parity in leadership roles?

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The Dos and Don’ts of Crowdfunding Your Company

Steve Farber

Businesses like restaurants and microbreweries–those with strong brand loyalty that can quickly connect to a large crowd of customers and supporters–have been early adopters. Around 120 companies raised some level of money this year using this method. So here’s the million-dollar question: Is it for you?

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Produce Content Marketing That Customers Care About

Harvard Business Review

So Adobe invested in R&D and made some analytics-based acquisitions in order to develop a platform to make that possible. Those insights came from the research Adobe had done to develop the platform, as well as the data the platform was already generating from early adopters. Retailers were all ears.

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It's Time to Cut Back on Social Media

Harvard Business Review

Scheduled before the massive annual CES gathering, it's a powwow for bloggers and other social media enthusiasts, early adopters who are quick to jump on board the next great thing. And as I've written about here on HBR.org, blogging is the best way to demonstrate true content mastery and thought leadership.

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What BMW’s Corporate VC Offers That Regular Investors Can’t

Harvard Business Review

In fact, BMW’s greatest co-innovation success, 12 years earlier, had been in a “venture client” relationship with an early stage startup: Mobileye, now a leader in collision-avoidance technology. Similarly, Charles Schwab was the early adopter client of Siebel’s revolutionary CRM system.

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3M's Sustainability Innovation Machine

Harvard Business Review

3M's sustainability leadership has come mainly from its eco-efficiency success, but these practices are increasingly the norm in business. The company's core new product development process includes key sustainability questions and criteria for designers to address. But there are signs of a feistier attitude brewing.

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Like It or Not, You Are Always Leading by Example

Harvard Business Review

Even the most sophisticated psychometrics and people analytics have yet to make leadership development more science than art. I’ve found no better diagnostic for promoting authentic revelations around personal leadership style and substance. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. .” Insight Center.