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17 High-Paying Jobs for Women

HR Digest

Also known as information technology managers, such professionals devise, coordinate, implement, and analyze computer-related projects. It is a fast growing field and attracts a lot of entrepreneurs and innovators. They are basically designers and can specialise in civil, chemical, electrical, computer, and mechanical fields.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

I am very excited to announce the selection of the 100 Coaches in our pay-it-forward project! For those of you who haven’t heard of the project, here is a little back story. I made a 30-second video about the project for LinkedIn. Three iconic leaders inspired the 100 Coaches project. 100 COACHES. Corporate CEOs.

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Are You an Accidental Soul-Sucking CEO?

Joseph Lalonde

We know how crucial it is to having talent who love working for us and who will offer discretionary effort and innovation. That’s much more motivating than saying, “I’m going to go to work today and I’m going to sell a can of chemicals.” They’re free to innovate and create market-differentiating, competitive ideas.

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The Buzz on Green Business in China

Harvard Business Review

The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. This last article is the one that really grabbed my attention.

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Six Classes Your Employer Wishes You Could Take

Harvard Business Review

Credit given for the development of novel/innovative metrics for performance assessment (for example, attendance figures as a "team economics" variable). Understanding the chemical and material properties of ingredients is, indeed, a science. Planning and successfully executing a complex meal is an exercise in project management.

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Is Your Business Biased Against Innovation?

Strategy Driven

Many people do not typically think of metrics and accounting as roadblocks to innovation, yet you call these out as potential problem areas. The logic of NPV is to project cash flows into the future and then discount those flows back into today’s dollars at a given cost of capital. Net present value [NPV] is a case in point.

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What Great Social Media Campaigns Get Right

Harvard Business Review

Consider Pepsi’s Refresh project , which sought to replace $20 million in Super Bowl spending with a social platform that funded good works. Its founder, Saul Kaplan , is a self-professed innovation junkie. It is now a cult favorite in the innovation world. That’s why many social initiatives fail miserably.

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