Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis and numerous corporate scandals, a director now confronts not only complex oversight accountability, but also personal risk and liability. Poor strategic alignment also hampers a board's ability to prioritize issues and set their near-term agendas.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Whether developing a new venture, managing an internal corporate innovation initiative, or working to develop globally successful product and service designs (my profession), nothing is more important than understanding what people need and desire in context of what the competition is providing. So what do you do?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2016

This post is one in a series of perspectives by presenters and participants in the 8th Global Drucker Forum. Maslow’s famous hierarchy of needs reminds us that what drives us depends on our lot in life. But today such companies seem to be stifling entrepreneurship; they have become short-term-oriented and unduly conservative.

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