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20 Reasons Why Companies Should Do Less Better

In the CEO Afterlife

What’s left in apparel and sporting goods is a good strategic fit with Nike’s operations. That makes an organization operationally and strategically stronger. The added complexity and loss of focus on the Nike brand was a lesson well-learned and it didn’t take Nike long to see the error of their ways. 1 Big Idea .

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How Merck Is Trying to Keep Disrupters at Bay

Harvard Business Review

Within EB, Merck first created a Global Health Innovation Fund and then a Healthcare Services and Solution unit to identify, develop, and operate nascent opportunities that fit that thesis. For ideas to become reality, a company needs repeatable processes, not only out-of-the-box insights. Experimentation is vital.