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Secure leadership for an insecure economy

Chartered Management Institute

Welcome to the insecure economy – and a whole new set of management challenges Jaroslav Chudej CMgr FCMI recalls a particularly alarming moment from his 20-plus year career in the hospitality sector. It also shows the degree of power that sits in the hands of untrained managers. The easiest thing was simply to blame someone for it.

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Why Leaders Need to Think More Like Professional Gamblers

Leading Blog

We tend to see situations in one of two ways: either events are certain and can, therefore, be managed by planning, investment, and reliable budgets; or they are uncertain, and we cannot manage them. Probabilistic risk managers will think about the future of how they work. Here is a simple explanation of it.

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A Guide to Marketing Your Business: 2020 Edition

Strategy Driven

To develop a marketing strategy that will deliver results, you need to gain a deep understanding of your customers. If your credit rating is in bad shape, Now Loans shows you can still acquire funding this way despite the hurdle. With this importance in mind, here’s a quick guide on marketing your business in 2020.

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Creating a New Approach to Engineering and Innovation at Hitachi Metals - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM HITACHI METALS, LTD.

Harvard Business Review

As the new general manager of the Global Research & Innovative Technology Center (GRIT) at Hitachi Metals, Kenichi Inoue is tasked with creating an updated framework for research and development in advanced materials, helping his organization make the shift to a new approach to engineering and innovation in a disrupted world.

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The Impact of the Blockchain Goes Beyond Financial Services

Harvard Business Review

In the early days of the web, many management thinkers, present company included, speculated that the internet would reduce companies’ internal and external transaction costs, especially the cost of search, coordination, and communication. Creating a better sharing economy. The Internet of Everything needs a Ledger of Everything.

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Private Equity Can Make Firms More Innovative

Harvard Business Review

Because of their relationships with banks, PE funds can get financing much cheaper than target companies could under their current management. At the same time, there are certain ways LBOs can actually make it easier for firms to invest in the long term. LBOs can help firms that are financially constrained invest in innovation.

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7 Ways to Improve Operations Without Sacrificing Worker Safety

Harvard Business Review

The culmination was an incident at an insecticide plant in LaPorte, Texas, where, as a result of a basic process safety management failure , an extremely toxic chemical—methyl mercaptan—was released and two workers were overcome. Needed repairs and upgrades were delayed, worker training postponed, and risk assessments overlooked.