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How to Build a Team of Innovators

Great Leadership By Dan

According to McKinsey , many CEOs struggle to identify people good at innovation -- the “intrapreneurs” within their organizations who possess the rare mix of skills, motivation and attitude to successfully bring new ideas to market. The result of their efforts was “Toy Story,” which set a new standard for animated films.

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 8/19/13)

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of the Oxford Princeton Program) in “The Corner Office” Compelling People Dave Kerpen HBR Huffington Post Hugh Martin (chief executive of Sensity Systems) in “The Corner Office” Inc.

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17 High-Paying Jobs for Women

HR Digest

The number of women in high paying jobs and entering the job market has risen progressively through the years, but there are many hurdles in their journey up the ladder. . Marketing and Sales Manager. They also manage both the marketing and the sales staff and perform managerial duties in line with the company’s goals.

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To Size Up Your Market in India, Look Twice

Harvard Business Review

I quit my comfortable job in NYC with McKinsey & Co. Our goal was to rejuvenate a dying 40-year-old brand so it would appeal to a new generation of Indian children, many being raised on a diet of American cartoon shows and films. One of the trickiest challenges in India is to get the size of the market right.

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When Rising Revenue Spells Trouble

Harvard Business Review

For example, a prescient report by McKinsey in 2005 showed that classified advertisement (the true driver of profitability for many newspaper companies) had decoupled from newspapers’ economic growth. billion), proclaiming McKinsey’s analysis “shallow and superficial.”. Disruptive innovation Innovation'

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How to Ditch Marketing And Make Friends

Harvard Business Review

There''s a chasm widening between old school and new school marketers. This often results in CMOs retreating to their comfort zones and wasting money on what I call "studio-based" marketing channels, which still take their cue from the traditional awareness-consideration-action sales model that was debunked almost five years ago by McKinsey.