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Leadership, Passion, And Transformation

Joseph Lalonde

Recently, I was listening to a podcast which shared how Texas A&M University has created a pilot program, combining engineering and a medical degree. This is a guest article from Rosalind Henderson. We need fresh ideas and new approaches in our work to be more effective and efficient. We as health consumers benefit.

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Wellness Perks And Programs Popular Among Best Places To Work Companies

Eric Jacobson

No-cost 15 fruit and vegetable "brain foods" every day - Genesys Systems Integrator Fitness facility - Argosy Casino Hotel & Spa; Henderson Engineers Inc.; For example: Health center - Burns & McDonnell Subsidized fitness club memberships - DEG; Ryan LLC Monthly massage therapist visits - FishNet Security Inc.

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A Partial Defense of Our Obsession with Short-Term Earnings

Harvard Business Review

HBS professor Rebecca Henderson , along with Hazhir Rahmandad of Virginia Tech and Nelson Repenning of MIT, set out to explore that apparent contradiction. I spoke with Professor Henderson about their research. Henderson: To answer that, I need to tell you about two different research interests. It’s great.

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Designing the Machines That Will Design Strategy

Harvard Business Review

It has at least 21 data science systems , which include several supply chain optimization systems, an inventory forecasting system, a sales forecasting system, a profit optimization system, a recommendation engine, and many others. Further second- and third-order interactions occur downstream.

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Unilever’s Big Strategic Bet on the Dollar Shave Club

Harvard Business Review

The scrappy startup, launched in 2012, offered a blades-by-subscription service for as little as $3 a month and quickly grew to a team of 45 engineers and 3.2 ” More specifically, male grooming is Unilever’s largest growth driver, according to Chet Henderson, Unilever’s VP of Insight, Personal Care.

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Being the World's Largest Ad Agency Might Not Be Something to Brag About

Harvard Business Review

And despite some initial apprehension, it worked: Toyota engineers were able to cut down the dinner wait time from 90 minutes to 18 minutes. But in order to let them pursue their goals, it has to enable individual freedom and fairness of opportunity, which are among society''s important moral "goods."

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Where Disruptive Innovation Came From

Harvard Business Review

Christensen’s initial work was done during the 1990s when a group of scholars, many at Harvard Business School, were studying why established companies, like Polaroid or DEC, struggled to adapt to technological change despite ample resources, talented engineers, and admired leaders.