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Succession Planning: Not Just for Older Leaders

N2Growth Blog

It is essentially impossible not to and this is particularly true in the ever-changing and evolving technology industry. No matter whom the talent, anyone in the same position for several decades is bound to become temperate, or perhaps even myopic. According to The Conference Board, CEO tenure has decreased to an average of 8.4

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Wellness Perks And Programs Popular Among Best Places To Work Companies

Eric Jacobson

No-cost 15 fruit and vegetable "brain foods" every day - Genesys Systems Integrator Fitness facility - Argosy Casino Hotel & Spa; Henderson Engineers Inc.; Kansas City Employee Benefits S tand-up workstations spread throughout the office - Netsmart Technologies Inc. Plattform Advertising Inc.

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Rejoice in Life

Tony Mayo

Top Executive Coaching with Tony Mayo About Tony Mayo Newsletter Sign-up Sections Client Comments For Executive Coaches For Executives For Fun For Salespeople Quotes and Aphorisms Recommended Books Technology Tips Videos & Podcasts Popular Posts Twitter Log IX About Tony Mayo Truth or Consequences? Popularity: 2% [ ?

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Global Workers Are Ready for Retraining

Harvard Business Review

In surveying 11,000 people in lower-income and middle-skills jobs and 6,500 managers across 11 countries, Fuller discovered that, contrary to what bosses believe, many employees are excited about new technologies and willing to be trained in new skills. But they don’t always know what they need to learn or how to access and pay for it.

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Twelve Ways to Create Barriers to Competitors

Harvard Business Review

Proprietary technology. Diamond's (formerly P&G's) Pringles, Prius' Hybrid Synergy Drive, and Dreyer's Slow Churned Ice Cream all have technologies not easily copied. To paraphrase Bruce Henderson , the founder of BCG, "the essence of strategy is to convince competitors not to invest in areas of strategic importance to you."

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Designing the Machines That Will Design Strategy

Harvard Business Review

AlphaGo’s success is emblematic of a broader trend: An explosion of data and advances in algorithms have made technology smarter than ever before. In addition to executing well-defined tasks, technology is starting to address broader, more ambiguous problems. Remember Long-Term Capital Management ? Integrated solution.

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Where Disruptive Innovation Came From

Harvard Business Review

Disruptors adopt a new technology and target a market segment that doesn’t matter to incumbents, then ride improvements in the technology to expand into established players’ core customer base. In 1995, Christensen and Joe Bower published the article that introduced the notion of disruptive technology.