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JANUARY 3, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Nicholas Bate’s Book ‘Instant MBA’ and Other Great Resources for 2010 Nicholas Bate is a prolific thinker, blogger and author. He shared some of his best work with me in 2009, in form of his books and innovatively done cards. More than that, he is a wonderful friend.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

When an executive at global services firm UBS Americas challenged trainees to design a cost-saving strategy, one young woman proposed that the company install software that puts a computer into sleep mode after a period of inactivity. Spur innovation. They: Create a robust pipeline of their company’s next generation of talent.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2017

Do you have any suggestions on how to streamline the process?’” A year into her job as vice president of product strategy at Ceridian, Lisa Sterling was promoted to chief people officer of the Minneapolis-based provider of human resources software. Is this in line with what you would expect? ”

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

Digital companies, however, consider scientists’ and software workers’ and product development teams’ time to be the company’s most valuable resource. It’s also possible that we simply don’t know how to estimate the right parameters to make an options-based valuation work.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Anyone who has worked inside a large organization can rattle off a lengthy list of the things that regularly kill promising ideas: conflict with existing businesses, naysayers, management turmoil, insufficient resources. At the storage and software company EMC Corp., Here are six ways to change that. Start with a survey.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

As many companies move from exclusively internal focused R&D to distributed-innovation systems (e.g., A new component of the IT function must be developed to support this category of work: the Distributed Innovation Group (DIG). online idea markets), the center of expertise for innovation support, and analysis across the enterprise.

Enterprise Architecture 8

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

It needs to center on step by step improvement in how an individual is doing against goals, how a team is advancing by virtue of an individual’s progress, how innovation is being served by attitudes and decisions on a daily basis, and how an individual’s achievements are translated into outcomes valued by an employer.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 18, 2015

With 60% of annual sales coming from innovative new products, it is clear that LEGO has not been idle. Intuit develops financial and tax preparation software for small business, accountants and the general public. A workforce of 8,000 led by a transformational CEO, seemingly knows how to deal with the ever-changing digital world.

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Apparel Brand Franchising Competitive Advantage 100

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2018

For innovation-hungry legacy firms, partnering with a startup can be appealing. With apologies to Tolstoy, all happy start-up partnerships are alike; every unhappy innovation partnership is unhappy in its own way. How to make your company more nimble and responsive. artpartner-images/Getty Images. Think “lean pilots.”

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KPI Innovation Ries Banking 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Here is some advice on how to tap into supply chains for successful scale-up: Reveal more than is comfortable. Innovative, proudly geeky Norwegian software company, Trolltech , an open-source pioneer, landed a contract with the mobile division of Sharp, the Japan-based consumer electronics global powerhouse.

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Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2011

The piece was called "How to Hire the Next Michael Jordan," and it was built around an interview with an HR guru by the name of Dr. John Sullivan, who we dubbed the "Michael Jordan of Hiring.". For example, Kayak.com does not have a human-resources department. Everything old really is new again! He calls it the seven-day rule.

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Human Resources Advice Marketing Tactics 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2017

Ask people how to develop a good corporate culture, and most of them will immediately suggest offering generous employee benefits, like they do at Starbucks, or letting people dress casually, as Southwest Airlines does.

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