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Lessons in Leadership to Last a Lifetime

Leading Blog

Morale sunk, and our productivity did, too. Make it a point to keep the lines of communication open, so that team members feel free to speak to you about day-to-day operations. You see, despite their immense talent, our teams were completely dysfunctional. To keep leading, keep learning. a start-up that was acquired by Intel in 2009.

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How an Online Grocery Platform Could Reshape Retail as We Know It - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM OCADO

Harvard Business Review

By Paul Clarke, Chief Technology Officer, Ocado. One of the more popular business mantras to hit town recently has been: “Forget products, think platform!” That’s the end business case we put forward at Ocado, the world’s largest online-only grocery retailer, currently operating in the UK.

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A Hands-Off Approach to Open Innovation Doesn’t Work

Harvard Business Review

And this is precisely the problem that many companies are having in their efforts to collaborate with partners, share resources and knowledge, and create new products and services. In particular, large companies want to partner with small firms that have developed advanced, game-changing technologies.

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To Be Number One, Get the Right Number Two

Harvard Business Review

political system, the business world has no rules requiring that every leader have a backup, or that every corporate chief executive has a chief operating officer. Romney would succeed or fail based on this single choice, making the number two the prime mover in the fate of the number one. Unlike the U.S.

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Business Processes Are Learning to Hack Themselves

Harvard Business Review

Some organizations are already deploying elements of process change automation, while others are developing technologies that lay the foundation for it. Such self-adapting processes are driving a new breed of cost-effective assembly lines that meet consumer demands for highly customized products.

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Tronc’s Data Delusion

Harvard Business Review

While technology can certainly improve operational performance, the idea that it can replace a sound strategy is a dangerous delusion. Rather the focus of this new digital effort seems to be on automating the production process to cut costs and then upselling readers to higher margin video content. The Downside of Data.

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How I Hired an Entirely Remote Workforce

Harvard Business Review

Many people are stunned to learn that I didn’t meet my chief technology officer in person until 2014 — three years after he started working for me. As the CEO and founder of a remote-based software development company, I’ve learned that remote work creates better employees.