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What Inexperienced Leaders Get Wrong (Hint: Management)

Harvard Business Review

Not just those under attack for ethical lapses, accounting problems, or excessive compensation – retired college presidents are the latest to join corporate executives in the latter category. Much has been made of the distinction between leadership and management. Too many managers, not enough leaders, the critics say.

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What Is Management Research Actually Good For?

Harvard Business Review

” Is management research a folly? There can be little doubt that a lot of activity goes into management research: according to the Web of Knowledge, over 8,000 articles are published every year in the 170+ journals in the field of “Management,” adding more and more new rooms.

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We Need to Approach AI Risks Like We Do Natural Disasters

Harvard Business Review

Managers have to figure out their higher and lower risk intelligent device vulnerabilities, add in redundant systems, and potentially set up the AI equivalent of tsunami early-warning systems. AI Insurance Products and Services. Contingency plans must go beyond a natural disaster playbook. AI International Protocols.

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Predict What Employees Will Do Without Freaking Them Out

Harvard Business Review

Imagine one of your managers walks into their subordinate’s office and says, “Our data analysis predicts that you will soon get restless and think of leaving us, so we want to make you an offer that our data shows has retained others like you.” They sent those customers ads for pregnancy related products.

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How IBM's Sam Palmisano Redefined the Global Corporation

Harvard Business Review

Executing this strategy required seamless integration of IBM's product capabilities with its geographic reach. This meant abandoning IBM's existing organization, in which product silos and geographic entities operated independently and frequently were more competitive than collaborative. Cisco now sells mostly commoditized products.

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Why Customers Don't Buy

Harvard Business Review

For example, I remember one information technology decision-maker telling me, "There''s no such thing as picking the wrong solution so long as it helps you land your next job.". Mid-level managers suffer competitive pressure because all are striving to advance in their careers and move upward in the organization.

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Why WikiLeaks Matters More (And Less) than You Think

Harvard Business Review

Right now, yesterday's organizations — from corporations to Congress — have a gaping, yawning disclosure gap: the how, what, why, how and when of disclosure simply isn't good enough for markets and communities to be able to allocate and utilize resources productively or efficiently.

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