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Profit Is Less About Good Management than You Think

Harvard Business Review

Benjamin Graham , the father of value investing, seldom met the managers of the companies he invested in because he felt they would tell him only what they wished him to hear and because he didn’t want to be influenced by impressions of personality. So is there something different about the managers who do succeed?

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Business School Professors Should Be Like Movie Directors

Harvard Business Review

Luckily, b-school professors seem to be hybrids of economist, therapist, actor, and manager. Teams would diagnose problems and synthesize solutions for them, and then act those out in the landscape, starting a dynamic exchange. We need to think beyond presentations and videos, Socratic method and quizzes, case analyses and papers.

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Technology Alone Won’t Solve Our Collaboration Problems

Harvard Business Review

Just look at the comments below any article about virtual teams. Our fast moving, globally networked economy simply was not possible a few years ago. This left these managers wondering just how much of their conversation was public and precisely who that public might be. Insight Center. The Future of Collaboration.

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Why the Problem with Learning Is Unlearning

Harvard Business Review

You and Your Team Series. ” But in a networked economy, the nature of strategy, value creation, and competitive advantage change from incremental to exponential. I often hear executives talk about being “more networked,” but what they really mean is collaborating across the silos. Thinking Strategically.

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