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How to Find Your Edge

Leading Blog

Our constraints provide us with a unique way to enrich when we own them—when we use them to see differently. Don’t let the constraints that others create prevent you from identifying the problem for you , and hence the solution for you.”. Your history and your story are part of your basic goods.

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Why Strategy Withstands the Test of Time

In the CEO Afterlife

Most of these opportunities fall outside of the core competency of the company and/or the positioning of the brand. Business Models Change and So do Core Competencies. Engagement is critical, but not at the expense of sticking to brand/company’s character and core positioning. The fallout?

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Competing in the Age of AI

Leading Blog

We are moving from an era of core competencies, differing from firm to firm and embedded deep in each organization, to an age shaped by data and analytics, powered by algorithms and hosted in the computing cloud for anyone to use.”. From Constrained Operations to Frictionless Impact. “As

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How To Encourage Growth Under A Controlling Boss

Tanveer Naseer

Work within controlling boss constraints to find opportunities to strengthen and grow One of the hardest parts of dealing with a controlling boss is that we can feel like our own freedom and choices are being stifled for petty or self-driven reasons.

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What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager

Harvard Business Review

As an aspiring PM, there are three primary considerations when evaluating the role: Core Competencies , Emotional Intelligence (EQ), and Company Fit. The best PMs I have worked with have mastered the core competencies, have a high EQ, and work for the right company for them. Core Competencies. Company Fit.

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Reversing the Curse of Dominant Logic

Harvard Business Review

Increase R&D spending in emerging markets and focus it on local needs: Harman's core competency is engineering, and Paliwal shifted the engineering function's center of gravity from Germany and the United States to key emerging markets.

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Managing Designers on Two Different Tracks

Harvard Business Review

Because they understand both the creative process and broader business considerations, they act as go-betweens, communicating requirements and constraints to creative team members, and championing creative work to clients and co-workers. Getting someone to this point, however, can take guidance that seems counter-intuitive.