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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Gordon R. Private conversations are accommodated by small conference rooms or a walk about the parking lot. link] mikemyatt Hi Gordon: It sounds as if there is no "disconnect" in your organization. Thanks for stopping by and job well done Gordon. We have no private offices.

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A New Digital Iron Curtain

Coaching Tip

Gordon Crovitz, Information Age, The Wall Street Journal, December 17, 2012. At the just-concluded conference of the International Telecommunications Union in Dubai, the U.S. At the just-concluded conference of the International Telecommunications Union in Dubai, the U.S. conference just in time. walks out of a U.N.

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The One Thing Your Team Wants You to Stop Doing

Harvard Business Review

The other day, on the sidelines of a conference, a bright young manager sought my advice. On a hunch, I decided to conduct a flash survey of my social media universe. I asked on Facebook, Twitter, and HCL's internal social media platform, Meme. I don't understand what I'm doing wrong.". Why don't you ask your team?" I asked him.

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Why You Really Shouldn't Curse at Work (Much)

Harvard Business Review

The media brouhaha over Carol Bartz's coarse language in the wake of her firing was telling. My first jobs were in banking and then media sales — businesses at the time completely dominated by men and fueled by a backslapping, crude-joke-telling camaraderie. That, to me, is so twentieth century. I can relate.

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Why We Need To Disseminate Innovation To Overcome The Productivity Paradox

The Horizons Tracker

It’s an argument that economists such as Robert Gordon believe carries little weight, and the problem is not so much that the various benefits provided by the technologies of the 4th industrial revolution cannot be captured, but that the technologies themselves are not utilized enough. The new products, new technology, new startups.

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The Insidious Economic Impact of Sexual Harassment

Harvard Business Review

What happens next is often not captured in numbers, but in the fine-print details of recent media reports. Whether the industry is media, entertainment, politics, technology, or something else, these women say things like: “ I quit.” ” Or, “ I left that place.”