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Want to Cut Complexity? Kill Your Darlings.

In the CEO Afterlife

A long time ago, this ethic saved a near-bankrupt company that I had a part in restructuring. The essence of sacrifice in her mind was giving up something of value for another consideration; when people are together they are more collaborative and innovative.

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Playing the Long Game: The Employee Retention Process in HR

HR Digest

While it can feel like a localized issue, such market changes are just as possible in U.S. If companies get better at hiring candidates who correctly match the work ethic, job description, and company culture of the organization, they immediately reduce the likelihood of these candidates leaving.

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New Research Explores The Commercial Consequences Of Collective Layoffs

The Horizons Tracker

Obviously the very act of laying off large numbers of people suggests the firm involved is not in good shape, but the researchers wanted to test how the impact of layoffs differs from other forms of organizational crisis, such as poor publicity or breaches of ethical norms. Unique crises.

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Why Great Brands Lose Their Way

In the CEO Afterlife

Never in the history of marketing has there been so much talk about branding. The conversation in the world of branding is well beyond product and service brand discussion by marketers and ad agencies. Wouldn’t you expect more innovation? I am not suggesting restructuring the entire brand management system.

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7 Skills That Aren’t About to Be Automated

Harvard Business Review

It’s no wonder, then, that young people are anxious about their ability to compete in the job market. This problem of extending the automatic reasoning of AI systems to understand the context of their decisions is highly complex, and creative innovation, like the one at Google, is usually needed to push the effort forward.

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The CEO of Coca-Cola on Using the Company’s Scale for Good

Harvard Business Review

Restructuring a company to focus on sustainability doesn’t happen overnight, so how long did it take to get everyone on board and how did you deal with any resistance to change? Coca-Cola operates in more than 200 countries and the needs of each market depend on a variety of factors. It can be difficult to measure and compare.

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Free Tech Tools for the Digital Economy

Strategy Driven

While having the right education is an essential asset in today’s cutthroat job market, it can become difficult to obtain a position without experience using various applications and technologies that enhance and amplify one’s resume. Employers find this type of response a reflection of one’s work ethic and performance.

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