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How to Compete Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders

Skip Prichard

He died virtually penniless in a hotel room in New York. 1] He also worked hard to build his social capital with other talented inventors, but also with wealthy families and financiers like J. Human capital: who you are as a leader of innovation . Social capital: who you know with key expertise and resources.

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How Black Women Describe Navigating Race and Gender in the Workplace

Harvard Business Review

.” Because she performed so well on the project, she gained social capital with her supervisor. One woman described crying in her hotel bed after reading about a police officer killing a person of color. She said, “I remember watching [a shooting] and crying in my hotel bed. And then having to go to work.

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Case Study: Is Holacracy for Us?

Harvard Business Review

The project—Park 007—was a James Bond–themed amusement park with artificial ski slopes, cliffs for bungee jumping, roller-coaster rides, indoor water sports, casinos, cinemas, and two five-star hotels. But it would take a lot of social capital. Should Derek fight the holacracy initiative?