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Fueling Innovation: How Microsoft Finally Got It Right

Leading Blog

Of course, part of that entailed reestablishing the company’s reputation for cutting-edge technology. Two facts underscore how he made this happen: Fact #1: Innovation Is Simply a Means to An End Nadella understood that innovation is a tool rather than a destination. But there was much more than that. It’s a campaign—not a quick fix.

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Looking For Leadership

N2Growth Blog

link] ATIG Dear Mike, "I've found that 90% of problems companies have on-line are created by management, not technology" David Segal Why not E-leader ( participative) for better decision making to do the right thing ? Can manager be leaders? Identifying leaders? Have we really degenerated to this point?

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Kill Your Business Model Before It Kills You

Harvard Business Review

Similarly, Intuit realized over a decade ago that it could not continue to grow as simply a financial software firm and began to consciously create, acquire, and incubate new businesses. IBM's stock (and reputation) did not take off immediately , and many people questioned the wisdom of becoming a services and knowledge business.

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Kill Your Business Model Before It Kills You

Harvard Business Review

Similarly, Intuit realized over a decade ago that it could not continue to grow as simply a financial software firm and began to consciously create, acquire, and incubate new businesses. IBM's stock (and reputation) did not take off immediately , and many people questioned the wisdom of becoming a services and knowledge business.

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Offices Can Be Bastions of Civility in an Uncivil Time

Harvard Business Review

And for society and democracy at large, the workplace might just be the one institution that incubates a more constructive way of bringing people together. Another survey we conducted found that nearly half of our employed Millennial respondents evaluated potential employers on their reputations for diversity and inclusion.

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6 Rules for Defense Start-Up Innovators

Strategy Driven

Working in conjunction with an accelerator program, startups can network in an incubated environment, where all parties are encouraged to collaborate. Do not compromise your reputation by falling into the manipulative world of spooks, honey traps, document sharing or financial misuse. Thirdly, they open doors to funding and investment.

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Private Equity’s New Phase

Harvard Business Review

The types of private equity firms and the approaches to managing these firms has evolved over the last 40 years through three general phases. These buy outs shifted agency from owners to managers; “corporate raiders” worked with high-yield debt to fund these turnarounds. Large private equity firms (e.g.,

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