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APRIL 12, 2021

Rethinking Competitive Advantage: New Rules for the Digital Age by Ram Charan is one of those books. Charan has taken years of observation and distilled it into six practical rules to guide you into this digital age. In other words, it’s more about what a company does than what it has. Digitization defines the playing field.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2014

Governing boards might seem like the last place for innovation. They are, after all, the company’s steadfast guidance system, charged with keeping an even keel in rough waters. Some boards have taken the principle further by forming their own innovation committee. The chair of the new three-person committee, Richard L.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

I believe that Charan’s perspective reflects an increasing emphasis among business leaders on the organizational capabilities required to win. Charan’s latest column actually affirms the value of HR to sustained competitiveness. Charan noted a few of these folks in his column. More is now expected of HR professionals.

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