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5 Steps To Develop A Learning Culture At Work

The Horizons Tracker

It’s created a world in which the speed of learning is a competitive advantage, both for individuals and organizations. Think like a marketer to drive learning and development – Osborne argues that a long period of poor training initiatives has tarnished the brand of learning and development within the workforce.

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What Tesla Knows That Other Patent-Holders Don’t

Harvard Business Review

Rather than worrying about car companies copying their technology, Tesla now hopes they will do so, in order to expand the overall market for electric vehicles. The first thing to note is that Tesla is not truly giving away its secret sauce, the source of its competitive advantage.

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Your Whole Company Needs to Be Distinctive, Not Just Your Product

Harvard Business Review

A company that can show it is different from other companies, in a way that is relevant to customers, gains a major competitive advantage. But starting in the early 2000s, the advantages of scale were mostly eliminated, in large part because of globalization, deregulation, and the rise of digital technology.

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Structure Your Global Team for Innovation

Harvard Business Review

But single-location projects draw on a reservoir or shared tacit knowledge and trust that global projects lack. Or begin building a capability in global innovation now to take advantage of lower development costs, faster time to market, and, most important, the ability to leverage dispersed knowledge to gain competitive advantage.

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Structure Your Global Team for Innovation

Harvard Business Review

But single-location projects draw on a reservoir or shared tacit knowledge and trust that global projects lack. Or begin building a capability in global innovation now to take advantage of lower development costs, faster time to market, and, most important, the ability to leverage dispersed knowledge to gain competitive advantage.