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Successful Companies Don’t Adapt, They Prepare

Harvard Business Review

In 1960, Harvard professor Theodore Levitt published a landmark paper in Harvard Business Review that urged executives to adapt by asking themselves, “What business are we really in?” Union Pacific, the leading railroad company has a market capitalization of over $80 billion, about 60% more than Ford or GM.

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Healthy Habits Of Successful Leaders – An Expert Roundup

Joseph Lalonde

Michael Levitt, CEO of BreakfastLeadership.com. Even if it’s walking to the local market for lunch, or parking further away in a parking lot. He could have attributed their success to more advanced technology, better marketing, or thinking differently. John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing. Keep moving!

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The GOP Needs a New Product, Not a New Brand

Harvard Business Review

The latest example is the 100-page Growth and Opportunity Project (GOP, get it?) The party has been selling pretty much the same product for more than three decades now, while market conditions have changed. report that the Republican National Committee released last week. But I think the Republicans are going about this all wrong.

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