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Research: Why Best Practices Don’t Translate Across Cultures

Harvard Business Review

A large high-technology company had established an innovation center in one of their U.S. We also noticed that the Indian workers were uncomfortable in the wide-open spaces and reverted to using meeting rooms as project spaces, in which they collaborated intensely. It made sense. Leaders from the U.S.

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The Benefits of Virtual Mentors

Harvard Business Review

Having a mentor has always helped with professional development and career advancement, but in today’s complex workplace, one mentor alone often won’t do. Participation allowed him to learn the basics of agile and stay on top of the latest developments and project news. They can become your virtual mentors.

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Why and How to Build an In-House Consulting Team

Harvard Business Review

Over the past six years, we have put in place a 30-person consulting team at EMC Information Infrastructure (EMC II) using a model we have found to be successful, winning projects away from external management consulting firms at a fraction of the cost, and with great “client” (that is to say, EMC) satisfaction.

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Design Your Own Profession

Harvard Business Review

Technologies that connect people to knowledge, services, and one another across the globe have acted as a centrifugal force, spinning functions and authority away from the center toward millions of previously silent and disempowered individuals. Information and communications technology is blowing the old categories into bits.

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The Next Frontier of Judgment - Across Enterprises

Harvard Business Review

His most recent books are Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning and Analytics at Work. His most recent books are Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning and Analytics at Work.

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The Right Way to Off-Board a Departing Employee

Harvard Business Review

In many organizations, the typical off-boarding process is a whirlwind of project wrap-ups, paperwork, and exit interviews. Tamar Elkeles, chief people officer of Quixey, a technology company that helps users find information inside mobile apps, says she “hates the term ‘off-boarding’” because it feels inadequate.