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Six Ways to Befriend Future Tech Billionaires

Harvard Business Review

On campuses, the line between "curricular" and "extra-curricular" is blurring, as peer groups pursue topics that might teach more than classes or at least feel more relevant. New business incubators are becoming increasingly common in the U.S. Even more important than access to capital, some analysts say, is access to advice.

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How the U.S. Can Rebuild Its Capacity to Innovate

Harvard Business Review

For example, France used a combination of national public policy and procurement to build a world-class nuclear power industry. Other countries—including OECD members like Australia, Sweden, France, and Germany, as well as China—use government procurement skillfully to foster innovation. Power to the people.

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The Core Incompetencies of the Corporation

Harvard Business Review

Most of the recommended remedies—idea wikis, business incubators, online collaboration, design thinking, “authentic” leadership, et al —are no more than minor tweaks. Most organizations are still feudal at their core, with a raft of institutionalized distinctions between thinkers and doers—between the executive class and everyone else.

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Design Thinking Is Fundamentally Conservative and Preserves the Status Quo

Harvard Business Review

Behind the ramparts, the city will be able to hum along as usual, with the value of real estate continuing to rise, and with the poor and middle class continuing to face displacement from the expensive heart of Manhattan to the outer edges of New York. A Radically Open Alternative.