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The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week

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Successories Motivational Products Talent Managment Magazine Testing and Assessments - An Employers Guide to Good Practices Testing and Assessments - DOL The Rainmaker Group - Possibility Maximization An amazing group of people commited to making a difference in the world they live - one soul, one organization, one Customer Experience at a time.

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The Internet Shouldn’t Run on Dirty Energy

Harvard Business Review

Leading companies are learning that sourcing renewable energy for data centers is a low-cost way to demonstrate commitment to global climate goals while adding reliability and predictability to energy consumption. Renewable energy costs are already competitive in many states, such as Texas and California.

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There Are 4 Futures for CMOs (Some Better Than Others)

Harvard Business Review

Eventually, the CMO serves as a convenient scapegoat when the company doesn’t deliver on its growth commitments. CMOs need to define a broader vision for marketing as the orchestrator of the customer experience and prove that marketing is not a cost center but a revenue generator. It’s worth the effort.

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Develop Your Company’s Cross-Functional Capabilities

Harvard Business Review

On the other hand, they are set up as cost centers and service bureaus, mandated to meet the needs of all their constituents as rapidly as possible under the ceiling of their budget.

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How Cloud Computing Is Changing Management

Harvard Business Review

“It’s already changing organizations, by moving IT from a cost center to something with a place at the table in a lot of different meetings,” said Chris Jackson, head of cloud platforms at Pearson, a global learning company.

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Social Means Freedom, for Better or for Worse

Harvard Business Review

Typically an in-house cost center, service is usually viewed as a necessary evil and constantly targeted for "efficiency." Over time, notable service firms built outsourcing capacity in India, Malaysia, Singapore and elsewhere to allow any firm to have a global service workforce at low cost. Model #2 is an example of that.

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Top 10 Sustainable Business Stories of 2012

Harvard Business Review

Many countries also committed serious funds to build a clean economy: Saudi Arabia pledged $109 billion for solar , Japan declared that a $628 billion green energy industry would be central to its 2020 strategy, and China targeted $372 billion to cut energy use and pollution.