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Transforming Rural India Through Agricultural Innovation

Harvard Business Review

On my last trip to India, I witnessed an innovation experiment, National Agro Foundation (NAF) , that addresses this wicked problem. The success of these measures has had a demonstrative impact on the farmers’ willingness to adopt and internalize new technologies. Corporate social responsibility India Innovation'

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Workforce Analytics Isn't as Scary as It Sounds

Harvard Business Review

When faced with a major investment decision, how many organizations would bet their success on a gut feeling? ready to weigh and measure any parcel of human nature, and tell you what it comes to." Turning humans into numbers isn't what analytics is about; at least not good analytics. Take Thomas Gradgrind in Hard Times.

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How to Revive a Tired Network

Harvard Business Review

Even the most naive of them agree that, like it or not, relationships hold the key to both their current capac­ity and future success. Make you more innovative. But just because you know that a network is important to your success, it doesn’t mean you are devoting sufficient time and energy to making it useful and strong.

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