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The ‘Old Economy’ Needs a Rocket Man

In the CEO Afterlife

Ninety percent of these organizations have yet to experience a mid-life crisis; they are still under the age of 40. Most problems in business begin with leadership. Right away, he replaced the chief operating officer, chief marketing officer, chief technology officer and chief talent officer.

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The Live Enterprise Model

Eric Jacobson

Businesses should be able to make those bold decisions, even in the absence of a crisis. Kavanaugh is the Vice President and Global Head of the Infosys Knowledge Institute, the research and thought leadership arm of Infosys. Tarafdar is Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of the Strategic Technology Group at Infosys.

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How to Manage People Who Are Smarter than You

Harvard Business Review

“When you’re a technical expert, you know your value to the organization,” says Wanda Wallace, President and CEO of Leadership Forum and author of Reaching the Top. Meredith suffered a crisis of confidence: “I thought: how could I lead these people? What value did I provide?”

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Ocado Is Transforming Online Grocery Shopping with AI, But A Skills Challenge Lies Ahead - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM OCADO 

Harvard Business Review

By Paul Clarke, Chief Technology Officer, Ocado. We need to teach “self-reinvention” as a meta skill and reframe the “midlife crisis” into an art form. Now is the time for political thinking and leadership that is truly holistic, agile, bold, and disruptive.

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