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The 4 Types of Cities and How to Prepare Them for the Future

Harvard Business Review

The prospect of urban innovation excites the imagination. The messy truth is that cities are not the same, and even the most innovative approach can never achieve universal impact. The opportunities to innovate will differ greatly by segment. Yelp, Zillow, and Trip Advisor are examples of innovations in this context.

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Managing Designers on Two Different Tracks

Harvard Business Review

Creative professionals do fare better when they’re given flexible schedules , meaningful work, and license to fail — but then, so do the rest of us. The good news is that the curiosity-driven creatives who come out of these programs can make excellent leaders, well-suited to the kinds of collaborative teams that spur innovation.

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Elon Musk’s Unusual Compensation Plan Isn’t Really About Compensation at All

Harvard Business Review

Elon Musk is already incredibly rich, and also doesn’t seem particularly motivated by further wealth. And yet this contradiction of motivations has mostly been absent from discussion of Musk’s pay. In fact, much of the discussion to date misses the point. They signed up for transformation, not steady returns.

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Greece’s Problem Is More Complicated than Austerity

Harvard Business Review

The problem is compounded by the fact that many groups have strong motivations for preserving the status quo. Although former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis made eloquent appeals about the need to rethink macro, he said very little about changing how the economy is run. The record on economic policy-making is equally disappointing.

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Attitude Reflects Leadership

N2Growth Blog

As a CEO, how can you expect to inspire, motivate, engender confidence, and to lead with a lousy attitude? Barbers, plumbers, real estate agents, and almost all trade personnel are required to meet established levels of trade skills and be licensed; none will have as bad an impact on a customer as a bad manager or supervisor will!