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Has Jim Goodnight Cracked the Code of Corporate Culture?

Michael Lee Stallard

The report also concluded that the downward trend began long before the Great Recession. During our conversation it was evident that he is proud that SAS is developing software to solve problems in a broad range of fields. He has also stated that he believes the work culture is key to the creativity inherent in knowledge work.

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Stop Trying to Control How Ex-Employees Use Their Knowledge

Harvard Business Review

This trend has been fueled not only by the contemporary talent wars and the much debated skills gap , but also by changes in the law that have expanded employers’ control over employees’ knowledge. Because firms need to strike a delicate balance between protecting secrets and encouraging employees to learn new skills and knowledge.

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How to Get Your Team to Use Their Vacation Time

Harvard Business Review

Over the long term, establishing backups for each role and codifying processes through knowledge management make it easier for any one person to be away with the confidence that their job will be in good hands. Make missed vacation a subject for feedback and a topic in development discussions. Don’t ignore it.

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Design Your Own Profession

Harvard Business Review

Consider journalism, the profession most obviously shattered by this trend. Today the function of finding information can be performed by crowd-sourcers; mappers of local sources; filters and curators of tweets, posts, and liveblogs; algorithm designers, data scientists, and knowledge managers.