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Competing in the Age of AI

Leading Blog

T HE BIGGEST CHANGE being brought about by AI is not human replicas, but the emergence of digital operating models. Marco Iansiti and Karim Lakhani, professors at Harvard Business School, explore these changes in Competing in the Age of AI with examples of businesses in many industries. The operating model is how that is accomplished.

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Practicing Patience and Faith

Persuasive Powerhouse

On Sunday, I took 75 pictures; because of a light wind and the sun’s travels across the sky, perhaps five of those were true &# keepers&#. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services.

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Is Your Heart the Boss of You? | Aspire-CS

Persuasive Powerhouse

In addition, there is evidence that some sensory information is sent directly to the heart before it even travels to the brain. Even seasoned leaders (and those who operate more from the head) seem to have difficulty with that one. What this means to you So what does all of this research mean to leadership and organizations?

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Let Them See You as Human

Persuasive Powerhouse

Discover areas you can unite with others on – agreement on similar interests or like mindedness on a topic will help develop connections. The women (admins were all women at one time) began talking about how difficult it was to find good child care, and how they had to travel great distances sometimes to find it.

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Does Your Startup Have a Spending Strategy?

Harvard Business Review

These spending choices require tradeoffs, so entrepreneurs must first develop a strategy for allocating limited resources across a wide range of available options. They were both naïve to think that creating a high-expense, polished operation would automatically enhance their business. What is your business’ core competence?

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A New Model for Innovation in Big Companies

Harvard Business Review

Traditionally, companies have found ways to navigate these challenges internally, in research and development (R&D) divisions like the famed Xerox PARC , founded in 1970, or through programs that encourage employees to dedicate a small percentage of their time to side projects, as 3M began doing in 1948. A Different Approach.

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How the Best Restaurants in the World Balance Innovation and Consistency

Harvard Business Review

Since the business was particularly slow during the winter, its owners, Ferran Adrian and Juli Soler, decided to close shop 2-5 months a year to travel and search for new dish ideas. In 1990 they gained a second Michelin Star, and in 1994, they became the first high-end restaurant to invest in a development team and a lab.