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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Lead author of Business Model Generation and Value Proposition Design , which sold over one million copies in 37 languages. Former President, Dow Chemical USA. Darek Lenart – Senior VP HR, Finance MasterCard. His vast experience from serving on the Committees of Finance, Judiciary, Education, and Rules.

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Figuring Out How IT, Analytics, and Operations Should Work Together

Harvard Business Review

A global consumer durable goods manufacturer’s industry is seeing business-model transformation, disruption, and a pronounced technological shift in its relationship with its customers. The company set up a stand-alone, centrally funded data and analytics business service unit. Data and analytics embedded in IT.

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Solving the Twin Crises of Energy and Water Scarcity

Harvard Business Review

Automobile manufacturers, for example, create products that rely on metals, chemicals, oil, and gas, which are among the most energy- and water-intensive industries. Partnerships can help finance women entrepreneurs, create local centers to supply clean water, and inform communities via text messages when clean water is available.

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Have a Real Impact; Keep Your Day Job

Harvard Business Review

In the First Mover Fellowship Program at the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program, we have a chance to work with exceptional social intrapreneurs in businesses around the world and to study the innovations they are piloting in their companies. Take James Inglesby at Unilever, for example.

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The 10 Most Important Sustainable Business Stories from 2014

Harvard Business Review

The utility and energy businesses are changing fundamentally (well, some of them are). Distributed generation (meaning solar panels on my roof) is a direct threat to the business models of the large power plants that utilities know best. Financing the clean economy. It’s hard out there if you’re a utility.