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Intangible Loss of Outsourced Innovation

Mills Scofield

In November, I spoke with Bernard Charlès , CEO of Dassault Systèmes , (DS), creator of 3D simulation products for manufacturing to life sciences. I’ve wondered about the cost-benefit equation of in vs. outsourcing for a while.

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Why Businesses Fail | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

As much as you may wish it wasn’t so, as a CEO you’re really only as good as your last decision. As a person that works with CEOs and entrepreneurs on a daily basis I can tell you with great certainty that all leaders are not created equal when it comes to the competency of their decisioning skills.

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The Skills Gap That's Slowing Down Your Career

Harvard Business Review

Career speed bumps (much like their counterparts in the road ) can take you by surprise. Take not having the right credentials, one common career speed bump. It's easy to ignore if you are speeding along in your career with the same employer, but suddenly losing your job can send you careening out of control.

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5 Leadership Signals that Turn Culture into Advantage

Skip Prichard

CEO John Stumpf set the tone. As many big organizations very deliberately move to more agile ways of working, leaders are finding that the controlling tendencies that helped bring them this far in their careers are less useful now. Everyone came to know that Stumpf did not want to hear bad news or deal with conflict.

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What to Do If You Catch Your Boss in a Lie

Harvard Business Review

Six months ago, at your request, your boss agreed to put your name forward for a new position that works directly with the CEO. When you asked your boss about it, he gave a long, confusing explanation for why the CEO considered you a strong candidate but “had to go another way.” Do a cost/benefit analysis.

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Ideas Don't Equal Innovation | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Assess : Put the idea through a risk/reward and cost/benefit analysis. I have seen and worked with several entrepreneurs and CEOs that jump on the fashion band wagon or immediately implement any idea that pops into their head with almost no analysis. I do agree with your basic premise though. via n2growth.com [.]

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Are You Too Afraid to Succeed?

Harvard Business Review

Within just eight years after joining the company he was appointed its CEO. But his debasing sense of self remained dormant until he became CEO. With nowhere further to go, he revealed the inadequacy he had been so anxious to conceal, perversely sabotaging his own career in order to fulfill his belief that he wasn’t up to the top job.