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Teaching The Skills Entrepreneurs Need To Scale Their Business

The Horizons Tracker

A new paper from INSEAD documents a trial undertaken to test a new training program for entrepreneurs that aims to help improve their competencies in areas such as networking, human capital management and business model innovation. ” Learning to be an entrepreneur. This paper suggests in some ways, it most definitely can.

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Companies That Do Right by Their Workers Start by Elevating Their Definition of Success

Harvard Business Review

Those employees work at two of Britain’s most-admired retailers, John Lewis department stores and Waitrose supermarkets, each of which has carved out a powerful bond with customers, both of which have unveiled big innovations in terms of branding, merchandising, and e-commerce. Our focus is on social capital.”

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3 Things the Most Creative Leaders Do

Harvard Business Review

Over the past three decades at IDEO, I’ve worked with some of the most innovative companies in the world and seen a lot of creative leaders in action. The company nurtures its creative community and recognizes participation at every level. Innovative Teams (20-Minute Manager Series). Innovation Book. Add to Cart.

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Use a Brand Council to Help Steer Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Brand-building is a function that business leaders, owners, and general managers – the people responsible for the culture, core operations, and customer experiences of an organization – must drive. Ultimately, though, the best brand councils operate with the goal of making themselves unnecessary.

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