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Beware the Leader’s Curse

Lead Change Blog

This devotion can also be a curse, blinding you to potential flaws in your product or the holes in your strategy. Identify a role within your company that you might assume at the right time in the future, that plays to your strengths, like chief evangelist or chief technology officer.

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Lessons in Leadership to Last a Lifetime

Leading Blog

But in 1999, at the height of the Internet boom, I took a two-year leave of absence to serve as director of system architecture at Akamai Technologies, an MIT start-up located here in Cambridge. Morale sunk, and our productivity did, too. You see, despite their immense talent, our teams were completely dysfunctional.

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How I Became A Leader Without Any Formal Training

Lead Change Blog

I’ve got a bit of a soft spot for Apple’s Chief Technology Officer, Kevin Lynch. He is a guy who is clearly more of a techie than he is a public speaker, yet whenever he takes to the stage during the Cupertino company’s huge product launches, Kevin never fails to impress.

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5 Reasons Why New Products Fail To Conquer The Markets?

CEO Insider

It is estimated that 70% – 90% of the new products that come on the market each year fail to produce profits. When profits are not there, the product does not have a reason to exist. The numbers speak for themselves, and the percentage of products that fail is literally huge.

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How to Stop Selling Your Ideas and Start Enrolling People in Them

Next Level Blog

With the possible exception of the car, there’s a pretty good chance you bought the product online after reading a lot of customer reviews. These days, Donagh is the chief technology officer for the restaurant company, Bloomin’ Brands. Why was that the case?

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The ‘Old Economy’ Needs a Rocket Man

In the CEO Afterlife

These are the businesses whose products and services are having an impact across their industries and our culture. Right away, he replaced the chief operating officer, chief marketing officer, chief technology officer and chief talent officer.

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Learning the Ropes: How to Prevent Data Theft by Employees

HR Digest

The Chinese national was accused of stealing data related to Google’s AI trade secrets to share with two PRC-Based technology companies and the Justice Department saw this as a blatant theft of advanced technologies and a direct threat to national security. Do not dismiss it as too small to be stolen.

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