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The Most (and Least) Empathetic Companies

Harvard Business Review

Barratt Developments. Telecommunications. Telecommunications. United Parcel Service. Telecommunications. Telecommunications. Telecommunications. Telecommunications. Telecommunications. Telecommunications. Consumer Goods. Online Retail. General Motors. Automotive. Deutsche Telekom.

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How to Design Work Projects for Maximum Learning

Harvard Business Review

Skill development is clearly a major priority for companies and managers these days. Consider, for instance, the talent development program at Ascom, a global telecommunications company. If a goal is too easy to achieve, it will not prompt sufficient ingenuity and skills development. (If Make it a stretch.

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Europe’s Other Crisis: A Digital Recession

Harvard Business Review

Of these, only three, Switzerland, Ireland, and Estonia, made it to a commendable “Stand Out” category – which means that their high levels of digital development are attractive to global businesses and investors and that their digital ecosystems are positioned to nurture start ups and internet businesses that can compete globally.

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