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CMI Hong Kong: updates from the board

Chartered Management Institute

The panel speakers were CMI Hong Kong Regional Board Members Dr Paulina Chan CMgr CCMI (Chair), Derek Choi MCMI (Secretary & Events Lead), Michael Wong CMgr MCMI (Communications & Social Media Lead), Justin Leung (Board Member), Janice Tai CMgr MCMI (Board Member) and Dr Cecilia Tsui CMgr CCMI (Founding Chairlady).

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Big Data In Your Shampoo?

Mills Scofield

Through "listening" of social media, they were able to identify a need for a new type of hair product because consumers online (on Twitter, Facebook, forums) were complaining about having to mix hair wax with oil to get the texture they desire.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Formerly a leader in the automotive, retail, restaurant, media innovation and consulting industries. Darek Lenart – Senior VP HR, Finance MasterCard. Michel Kripalani – President & CEO of Oceanhouse Media, an app development company, ranked by Inc 500 as one the Fastest Growing Private Companies in 2014.

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Cast the Net Wide – Make the Most of Your Promotional Time and.

Women on Business

If you have more time, contribute to an association committee. Cultivate the local media. Media momentum is much like a wild fire—the power of one well-placed match can ignite dramatic pyrotechnics! Media builds like blocks: one exposure stacks atop another. He got a lot of media attention!

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Pricing Lessons From the London Olympics

Harvard Business Review

The committee organizing the London 2012 Olympic Games faced an extraordinary business challenge: How to price 8 million tickets in a way that allows equitable access to 26 sporting events, meets revenue and attendance targets, and adheres to the explicit social objective of making the Olympiad "Everybody's Games.". Be proactive.

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The Leadership Blind Spots at Wells Fargo

Harvard Business Review

Hearings last month before the Senate’s banking committee and the House’s Financial Services Committee point to further dangerous cultural dynamics inside Wells Fargo. According to Stumpf’s testimony, a board committee became aware of the fraud “at a high level” back in 2011.

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Public Pension Funds Perform Better When They Keep Politics at Bay

Harvard Business Review

The former executive director of one institution told me that he looked forward to his appearances before the state legislature’s finance committee because “they were opportunities to keep politicians informed and keeping them informed is a way to keep them at bay.”