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How Corporate HQ Can Get More from Innovation Outposts

Harvard Business Review

And, of course, it looks cool — both inside the organization and to outsiders. They received generous expat remuneration packages and the tremendous opportunity to create their own social capital by meeting entrepreneurs and venture capitalists and being exposed to the frontier of ideas and technologies.

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The Serendipity Machine

Mills Scofield

Of course, this strategy only works because Seats2meet.com also offers a premium service: its meeting and office spaces. So Seats2meet.com invented a currency for nonmonetary, nontransactional exchange, aptly calling it social capital. Serendipity is fed by the constant exchange of social capital.

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Don’t Write Off the (Western) Focused Firm Yet

Harvard Business Review

In our opinion, which of the two is the more successful depends on the context in which the business operates. Of course more often than not you would find out that such extreme customization is not profitable. Quite a respectable performance for a company operating in a fairly mature industry. for the S&P 500 Industrials.

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3 Things the Most Creative Leaders Do

Harvard Business Review

I’ve paid attention to how the best of them operate — how they nurture creativity all around them — and I’ve noticed three things: They build core enthusiast communities inside and outside of their organizations. .” Some eventually cross over to become full-time employees. Further Reading.

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What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager

Harvard Business Review

Because I teach a course on Product Management at Harvard Business School, I am routinely asked “what is the role of a Product Manager?” Finally, social awareness ensures the best PMs service their customers with a product that addresses their jobs to be done which is ultimately what drives product market fit.

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How Apple Stores Can Keep From Turning Sour

Harvard Business Review

Apple is now looking for someone to head up its retail operations, but some candidates have expressed wariness, saying that the company''s top brass lack clear plans for the stores. Those local communities, of course, contain legions of passionate Apple customers who are doing amazing things with Apple products.

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Case Study: Is Holacracy for Us?

Harvard Business Review

“Of course,” he added, “I think the applause would be even louder if I’d talked about the holacracy initiative.” But it would take a lot of social capital. ” Rogier handed the microphone over to Henning Haas, the CEO of Contect’s Germany group, and came backstage where Derek was waiting.