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Celebrating 10 Powerful HR Leaders

HR Digest

It’s no coincidence that CEOs know they depend on their company’s human resources to achieve success. These qualities are evident in the 10 men and women who’ve achieved a spot in The HR Digest’s 2019 list of the 10 Powerful HR Leaders. Most Powerful HR Leaders In The World. Diane Gherson, CHRO, IBM. Peter Fasolo, Ph.D.,

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The Tragic Fall from Specialist to Generalist: Starbucks, the Latest.

In the CEO Afterlife

Last week, legendary brand positioning expert Al Ries weighed in on Starbucks reported desire to move away from its powerful ‘specialist’ strategy. Human Resources. The Tragic Fall from Specialist to Generalist: Starbucks, the Latest Victim. Al thinks the stock market is pressuring the company for more top-line growth.

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The Right Way for an Established Firm to Do an Innovation Pilot with a Startup

Harvard Business Review

You’re probably familiar with the “minimum viable product” of Eric Ries’ Lean Start-Up fame; but here I’m talking about the acronymically identical “minimum viable pilot.” For example, one startnership pilot successfully got a business unit to write a simple but powerful analytic through its API.

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