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Mindfulness as a Management Technique Goes Back to at Least the 1970s

Harvard Business Review

It first influenced business decades ago, through the development of an unmistakably hard skill that senior managers must master: strategic planning. As Art Kleiner described in the The Age of Heretics , Wack had “a lifelong preoccupation with the art of what he called ‘seeing.'”

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How the Most Successful Teams Bridge the Strategy-Execution Gap

Harvard Business Review

” In their seminal HBR piece , Paul Leinwand, Cesare Mainardi, and Art Kleiner outlined what senior leaders must do to close the strategy-to-execution gap. more time influencing high-level stakeholders by identifying their needs and managing their expectations. Action without vision is a nightmare.” Shape the future.

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The One Thing VCs Could Do Immediately to Increase Returns

Harvard Business Review

Ted Schlein, general partner at Kleiner Perkins, was recently invited to discuss race and investment in technology. And so all ears were tuned in when well-known VC Ted Schlein of Kleiner Perkins started talking… but Ted denied there was a problem. By venture capitalists’ individual actions, they are limiting growth and innovation.

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More Reasons Women Need to Negotiate Their Salaries

Harvard Business Review

After losing her lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins, Ellen Pao made an executive decision to ban salary negotiations at Reddit where she is interim CEO. Negotiation is about influencing your counterpart to embrace a solution that makes you better off. One solution may be to seek out organizations that suppress salary negotiations.

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Here's What the Internet Is Up To

Harvard Business Review

As she does every year, Mary Meeker of Kleiner Perkins has bestowed upon us over a hundred slides that analyze internet trends. Mobile in China and Collecting Your Fitness Data. billion internet users across the globe. Your best bet is to lock eyes for seven to 10 seconds one-on-one, or three to five seconds in a group.

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Alphabet Isn’t a Typical Conglomerate

Harvard Business Review

In the years ahead, Alphabet could dramatically influence business models in many industries. So Page and Brin are different from such legendary venture capitalists as John Doerr at Kleiner Perkins and Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowtitz, the two founders of Andreessen Horowitz.