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Why Your Company Should Partner with Rivals

Harvard Business Review

His company is quite respected in the sustainability community both for its progressive social equity policies and for green technology that limits the environmental impacts of his company's manufacturing activities. So I asked: Do you foresee a time when you'd willingly provide access to your leading green technology to your competitors?

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How Apple Pushes Entire Industries Forward

Harvard Business Review

But Apple’s most impressive achievement on display at yesterday’s announcement was not a technological feat — although the technology on display was certainly impressive. When the President says, you need to come to Washington to discuss something like rolling out a smart-grid technologies nationally, you come.

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Do Robots Need A Story For Us To Trust Them?

The Horizons Tracker

The study found that when we think about the people who create robots (and other technologies), we seem to regard the work performed by the robot as more authentic. If you look at what drives purchases of consumers in advanced economies, it’s often not objective characteristics of products or services,” the authors explain. “If

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How to Create Remarkable Teams PART 2 – Collaboration

Ask Atma

You will have created a culture conducive to collaboration, greater employee engagement and enhanced productivity. Poor organizational trust is also an indicator of lower cooperation, productivity, and sales (Davis, Mayer, & Schoorman, 1995; Davis et al., Improves productivity by improving morale.

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