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How to Support Employees’ Learning Goals While Getting Day-to-Day Stuff Done

Harvard Business Review

You’re not cut out for engineering. But I’ve learned key lessons to help managers turn lofty goals — such as making learning and development a central pillar of the workday — into real actions that mitigate damage to, and even help strengthen, the bottom line. You’re not a data scientist. Here’s how.

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The C-Suite Needs a Chief Entrepreneur

Harvard Business Review

This is not a CTO role or a role that reports to the CEO. You produce growth engines with calculated bets, not “wild-ass gambles.” The CE is responsible for developing new business models and value propositions for the company’s future growth. ” You believe anything is possible.

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

Harvard Business Review

Trouble was, the launch violated eBay’s well-established corporate project-development processes. Developing the Global Leader. “He allowed both ideas to be developed and tested enough, to learn and not combine them right away,” Hill says. A Smarter Way to Reduce Customer Defections.

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

Harvard Business Review

Trouble was, the launch violated eBay’s well-established corporate project-development processes. Developing the Global Leader. “He allowed both ideas to be developed and tested enough, to learn and not combine them right away,” Hill says. A Smarter Way to Reduce Customer Defections.

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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. Today, she’s the Head of Stakeholder Engagement for their in-development Dengue Fever vaccine — one of Sanofi’s largest business initiatives.