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Leading in a World of Resource Constraints and Extreme Weather

Harvard Business Review

Consider three critical mega-trends: resource constraints and rising commodity prices; climate change and extreme weather; and radical, technology-driven transparency. The issues in each of these buckets require new leadership, or at least a rethinking of it in the highest ranks of companies, and deep operational changes.

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Is Your Company Ready for the Rise of Smart Cities?

Harvard Business Review

Real estate developers are integrating automation systems, sensors, and mobility options into their properties. Telecom operators often provide the backbone communication networks required to run systems and applications. Other telecoms are offering solutions such as smart parking and waste management systems.

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VC Stereotypes About Men and Women Aren’t Supported by Performance Data

Harvard Business Review

This notion is reflected by statements such as “We have seen similar examples of driven, competent men who take risks and manage to make it thrive,” and “He has proven to sustain his persistence all the way.” Operating margin: earnings per sales, which indicates the entrepreneur’s ability to earn revenue.

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We Don’t Need a Whole New Regulatory Regime for Platforms Like Uber and Airbnb

Harvard Business Review

In other words, they sold their real estate assets to institutional investors and private wealth funds, and they began to operate as essentially management companies focused on defining a brand proposition, marketing and generating sales.

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Have a Real Impact; Keep Your Day Job

Harvard Business Review

The men and women who choose this path have diverse expertise and job responsibilities: marketing, leadership development, communications, operations, new business development, purchasing. We watch as they work around institutional constraints and build a network of colleagues who are eager to help. Some are recent graduates.

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Thriving in the Reimagined Workplace

Harvard Business Review

This shift demands that businesses manage and operate so that they can attract the right people, retain them, and ensure they can do their best work. Offer modern, flexible workspaces that inspire people while reducing overhead and real estate costs. The result: the reimagined workplace.

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Land an Interview with a Cold Call

Harvard Business Review

That''s why Elizabeth started out one notch lower, with the office of the Chief Operating Officer, "because that secretary knows everybody," she says. Next, it''s important to understand their time constraints. Browsing the Forbes 500 , she read about a billionaire real estate mogul who lived in her city.

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