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Which U.S. Companies Are Doing the Most R&D in China and India?

Harvard Business Review

Which companies allocate the highest proportion of that budget to engineering in China and India, specifically? And what drives their success with these global engineering initiatives? Six selected insights are presented here, tempered with our own experience in many years of consulting with global engineering initiatives.

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To Come Up with a Good Idea, Start by Imagining the Worst Idea Possible

Harvard Business Review

There are many creative tools a designer uses to think differently, but none is more counter-intuitive than “wrong thinking,” also called reverse thinking. Suddenly the victim is the superhero and the designers and engineers are the sidekick, collaborating together to find the best solutions.

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Leading Innovation Is the Art of Creating “Collective Genius” - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM HBS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

Harvard Business Review

The book cites short-term innovation, in the decision to borrow the computers, and the team’s ability to creatively resolve conflict, as marks of innovative leadership. ” The team trucked the computers 360 miles from Burbank, California, to Emeryville, near San Francisco, setting the systems up over a weekend.

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Leading Innovation Is the Art of Creating “Collective Genius” - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM HBS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

Harvard Business Review

The book cites short-term innovation, in the decision to borrow the computers, and the team’s ability to creatively resolve conflict, as marks of innovative leadership. ” The team trucked the computers 360 miles from Burbank, California, to Emeryville, near San Francisco, setting the systems up over a weekend.

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Make Your Innovative Idea Seem Less Terrifying

Harvard Business Review

But as she began to consider her future at the company, she realized that all of the people above her were white, male engineers or accountants. She loved her job, and with a background in public affairs in communications had been successful in both international business and management roles.

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How Sephora Reorganized to Become a More Digital Brand

Harvard Business Review

We’re lucky to have an amazing CTO with a deep knowledge of e-commerce and strong desire to partner with the business, and a strong team behind him. When the industry was purporting that mobile was best served as a content engine and mobile shopping would take years to take off, we dove-in head first.

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