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A 5-Part Process for Using Technology to Improve Your Talent Management

Harvard Business Review

And because organizational change tends to be driven by those who most acutely feel the pain, it’s often line managers who are the strongest champions for “talent tech”: innovations in how firms hire people, staff projects, evaluate performance, and develop talent. Leaders must foster a culture of learning.

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What to Do When Your Peer Becomes Your Boss

Harvard Business Review

“They’re going to be on a learning curve.” So I was the developer and Akshay did everything else,” Ankit explains. Ankit became CTO. Remember to be patient, too. “They’re probably not going to function right away at the same level that your former boss did,” Watkins says.

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Make Your Innovative Idea Seem Less Terrifying

Harvard Business Review

Potential customers for our ideas have a predilection for thinking more about what they are already thinking, of scaling the learning curve they are already on. When it comes to embracing a new idea, most will demur unless you can pack a parachute that will allow them to jump safely from their S-curve to yours.