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Intangible Loss of Outsourced Innovation

Mills Scofield

I’ve been thinking about the 2 nd , 3 rd order effects of outsourcing, especially now that some companies are either doing or seriously considering insourcing. And what about innovation? I agree with many who believe we learn by doing. Perhaps because they learned to? I don’t know.

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Diversity & Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another. I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. Kevin responded to that comment by saying he doesn’t read for gender, he reads for content.

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Aggressive Talent Wars Are Good for Cities

Harvard Business Review

Unlike most other states in the United States, but more like innovative Western European countries like Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden, California has rules about allowing job mobility within markets. Non-competes have contributed to the more rigid, vertically integrated, and prone to insourcing ethos of Boston’s high tech region.