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Staying Productive in the Age of the Corona Virus

Next Level Blog

As everything started to shut down this past weekend, I spent a good bit of time on Monday scrolling through my LinkedIn and Instagram feeds to see how some of the best-known people in my field of leadership development are handling this new reality. Simon Sinek is filming short videos where he’s answering questions from readers.

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Innovation at Bell Labs

Leading Blog

Cellular communications, the laser, digitized and synthesized music, the solar battery cell, the first orbiting communications satellite, and the UNIX operating system, are all products of Bell Labs. A great way to spend an hour in science class.) AT&T officially created Bell Telephone Laboratories on January 1, 1925.

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What Inclusive Urban Development Can Look Like

Harvard Business Review

Large cities like New York and Los Angeles, as well as leading tech and knowledge hubs like Seattle and San Francisco, have experienced gentrification, economic segregation, and a disappearing middle class. One of us is an urban theorist, the other a community-focused real estate developer. We think cities can do better.

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A Simple Way to Test Your Company’s Strategic Alignment

Harvard Business Review

For example, as it grew, Facebook found that its early “move fast and break things” culture had to be funneled into focused technical teams and product groups to make its product development process faster and less erratic, and for it to have a chance of meeting the demands of its new public shareholders following its IPO.

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Will China Bring Your Firm New Owners, Partners, or Competitors?

Harvard Business Review

and other developed markets? But Chinese companies of all sizes are already operating in the U.S. In theory, this might sound like an ideal relationship: the American partner possesses technical know-how or a world-class brand while the Chinese partner brings capital and new market access. in a big way. This assumption is false.

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Why I Challenged My Kids to Start Companies Before College

Harvard Business Review

Take charge of your own development. How many people in operations truly understand what it takes to run finance or HR, and vice versa? About 15 years ago, I set up a small real estate development company to transform 30 acres of undeveloped land into a small subdivision. Improving Yourself. That’s what our daughters did.

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Sub-Saharan Africa’s Most and Least Resilient Economies

Harvard Business Review

For example, despite subdued consumer demand, new clothing retailers are moving into South Africa to tap the country’s underserved middle class. Companies operating in SSA cannot ignore the country, even though it will suffer substantially from the impact of low oil prices on the currency and business activity.

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