Eric Jacobson

MARCH 26, 2020

Reflecting back, and sharing again, that book is, The Inspiration Code , by Kristi Hedges. Filled with profound insights and compelling data, and based on a commissioned survey on who and what inspires people, Hedges uncovers a set of consistent, learnable behaviors that dramatically enhance leadership success. Be Personal.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 3, 2018

Available starting Wednesday, June 1, it's called, The Inspiration Code , by Kristi Hedges. Filled with profound insights and compelling data, and based on a commissioned survey on who and what inspires people, Hedges uncovers a set of consistent, learnable behaviors that dramatically enhance leadership success. Be Personal.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 29, 2017

Available starting Wednesday, June 1, it's called, The Inspiration Code , by Kristi Hedges. Filled with profound insights and compelling data, and based on a commissioned survey on who and what inspires people, Hedges uncovers a set of consistent, learnable behaviors that dramatically enhance leadership success. Be Personal.

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Decker Communication

MARCH 5, 2020

Everyone has times when they have to say “I need (this)”—and while you’re not always met with a “yes”, there are things you can do to influence the outcome you want. In the next week, ask for something you need without hesitation or hedging! Let’s start with the don’t’s: Don’t hedge. You’re ready. You’ve got the opportunity.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 29, 2011

The Power of Presence: Unlock Your Potential to Influence and Engage Others Kristi Hedges AMACOM (2012) How and why powerful intentional presence can be a “personal game changer” As I began to read this book, I was reminded of one of my favorite songs in the musical and film, Chicago, sung by Amos Hart (played [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 24, 2011

The Power of Presence: Unlock Your Potential to Influence and Engage Others Kristi Hedges AMACOM (2012) How and why powerful intentional presence can be a “personal game changer” As I began to read this book, I was reminded of one of my favorite songs in the musical and film, Chicago, sung by Amos Hart (played [.].

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Next Level Blog

JANUARY 7, 2011

Main | Leaders, Your Words Matter » January 07, 2011 Next Level Tips for Women Leaders Last month, I was interviewed by Kristi Hedges, executive coach and columnist for WomenEntrepeneur.com , on how women leading their own businesses can develop themselves for next level performance. 

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RapidStart Leadership

JUNE 13, 2017

Just as it might be hard for a rich person to truly know who his friends are, there can be a similar dynamic with positions of influence. You can no longer afford to be just one of the gang, but breaking out of the peer group can be hard on relationships that are important to you. A question of motive. Form a Personal Board.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

While the aforementioned qualities are certainly admirable, they are only valuable if they influence or create action. It was Andy Grove the former Chairman and CEO of Intel and Time Magazine’s 1997 Man of the Year who said “You have to take action; you can’t hesitate or hedge your bets. Are you a master of strategy?

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HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

I was at a conference recently and one of the speakers remarked that “Culture hedges against the risk of uncertainty.” We’re always looking for ways we can be a positive influence in the markets where we operate. The HR Digest: What are the core values that influence your decision-making?

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Strategy Driven

MAY 12, 2018

In Billions, he is taking on Axelrod, a (corrupt) hedge fun tycoon. What follows is a battle of intelligence, ambition, influence and ultimately power. Despite being a fictional comedy show, Silicon Valley was influenced by the experiences of it’s co-creator (Mike Judge) during his time working in Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

In a highly productive organization the power and influence of your voice is earned through trust and performance, and not entitlement. You must also keep in mind that the classroom is one of the few remaining bastions of true equality (at least until the grades are posted). learning » Leadership thinking [.] consensus kills teams [.]

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2016

Another approach is to enforce existing regulation that requires a fund to notify antitrust authorities when it buys significant stakes in natural competitors with any intention to influence management. Recently, authorities have taken on hedge funds, alleging they violated this regulation.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2015

” On the other side, noted economist and hedge fund adviser Larry Summers cautions that reforming “quarterly capitalism” would risk driving us toward “Japan’s keiretsu system, which insulated corporate management from share price pressure by tying large companies together.” Either explanation is plausible.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

After one hedge fund I know had a horrendous quarter, the managers wrote to clients, saying that they were concentrating 70% of the entire fund into only five stocks. I recently encountered an illustrative case of overclaiming that could translate easily across industries.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2016

Hedge fund activist Bill Ackman posed that question recently in his fund’s annual letter to investors. Since passive investors have dramatically more assets under management, they might be expected to exert more influence over corporate decision making. laura schneider FOR HBR. What happens when index funds run Corporate America?

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

He started the Khan Academy as a way to tutor his cousins remotely — while he was a hedge fund analyst in Boston, and they were students in New Orleans. It was clear there was a huge unmet need, so Sal left his hedge fund job and started Khan Academy with the mission of providing a free world-class education to anyone, anywhere.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 19, 2021

It’s a narrative that paints a picture of investors backing perhaps a single startup in an industry, but research from Wharton highlights how VCs increasingly hedge their bets across a number of startups, and what’s more, this practice actually improves the efficiency of innovation in that sector.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

CEOs live in fear of activist hedge funds, and politicians worry about their effects on workers. The greatest sticking point remains cross-holdings , which provide the ultimate buffer against outside influence since they effectively prevent the possibility of a takeover. In the U.S.,

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2018

People are quick to blame themselves for failure, and companies hedge against it even if they pay lip service to the noble concept of trial and error. Even if his interview went flawlessly, other factors might influence the hiring committee’s decision — such as predetermined preferences on the part of board members.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

To consider another example, say a hedge fund is looking to acquire a tech company that claims to have a leading-edge technology. If the pipeline received a 5 for Criticality and Recoverability, for example, it seems likely that it would be a good candidate to receive more of the CSO’s budget.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 5, 2019

Should they make a big bet, hedge their position, or just wait and see? Bayes has even influenced the design of machine learning techniques, notably the naive Bayes classifier. O NE OF the unfortunate side effects of living in an age of accelerating technology is having to deal with increased uncertainty.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Most, however, require some external motivation to go above and beyond their jobs, which often falls under the category of “soft coercion” — pressure that is conveyed in a manager’s tone with employees, and in the cultural influences and incentives that he or she uses to promote positive discretionary behaviors at work.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2016

But is this all the result of nefarious influence-peddling by the 1%? Higher taxes on the 1% and closing tax loopholes benefiting hedge fund managers might be good policy ideas, but these policies on their own will not have much benefit for workers who have been experiencing stagnant wages.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

for 10+ years; deployment of design as an integrated function across the entire enterprise; evidence that design investments and influence are increasing; clear reporting structure and operating model for design; experienced design executives at the helm directing design activities; and tangible senior leadership-level commitment for design.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2017

” People in industries as different as commercial real estate, pharma, biotech startups, hedge funds, and public school districts worried about how to transform a competitive, star-driven culture into a collaborative one when they had no power to juggle financial rewards and no influence over promotion decisions.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

And that response is hidden inside ‘business’ behaviors – sandbagging quotas, hedging on stretch goals, and avoiding accountability or commitment. They know this does not threaten their power, but, rather, increases their influence. Without trust, people respond with distraction, fear, and, at the extreme, paralysis.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2011

This is why hedge funds that profit while 401Ks crumble and the creation of exotic derivative instruments incite many on Main Street. They see evidence of it in the influence that money and lobbying have on politics. They see evidence of it in the influence that Washington has over picking winners and losers in business.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

And that response is hidden inside ‘business’ behaviors – sandbagging quotas, hedging on stretch goals, and avoiding accountability or commitment. They know this does not threaten their power, but, rather, increases their influence. Without trust, people respond with distraction, fear, and, at the extreme, paralysis.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

For example, hedge funds automatically filtering out bad data in the form of a negative value for trading volume, which can’t be negative.) Essentially, any problems that: (1) require prediction rather than causal inference; and (2) are sufficiently self-contained, or relatively insulated from outside influences.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Broker dealers and hedge funds are much quicker, on average, to click on any given piece of news than banks or large investment management companies. Hedge funds are also much more likely to be the first to get a piece of news. Hedge funds are only 8% of all financial professionals reading financial news.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2017

In his Harvard Business Review article summing up his tenure, Immelt recalls that the two things that influenced him most were Marc Andreessen’s 2011 Wall Street Journal article “ Why Software Is Eating the World ” and Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup. He doubled GE’s investment in R&D.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

That’s why rich people can invest in hedge funds while, for the most part, regular folks can’t. The recent Tobin Project book, Preventing Regulatory Capture: Special Interest Influence and How to Limit It , sums up much of this thinking.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2011

The chairman had artfully hedged and qualified his innovation clichés. Media coverage and analysis suggested provocative insights about the importance college majors play influencing future incomes. My jaw dropped even as my eyes glazed over. Bernanke's remarks — in context — were blandly reasonable mush.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

The first-ever cyber-commencement address given by “ Rossum ” — a machine intelligence running a $22 billion hedge fund—to the graduating class of a top-tier technical university somewhere in America before the year 2030. . The reality is that you will be working for machines, not just with them.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2014

But she’s moved on to other projects, and today’s hottest designers credit her influence. ” Educator Salman Kahn – who left his hedge-fund job to found the wildly successful online learning nonprofit Kahn Academy – talked with us about the importance of work-life balance. Don’t let people crush you.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Because of their direct links with farmers, processors, and consumers, they have the power to influence every facet of the supply chain. This is partly due to the tendency to grow more than needed as a hedge against weather and disease and fluctuating wholesale and retail orders. Food waste starts at farms in the value chain.

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