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CMI Highlights

Chartered Management Institute

As the importance of open and honest leadership continues to dominate the media spotlight, I find myself reflecting on how vital relationships are to building a positive working environment, and how important it is for all managers and leaders to develop this skill. You can learn more in FE News. Enjoy the rest of your week.

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How the Internet Saved Handmade Goods

Harvard Business Review

A recent article in The Economist , citing the work of Ryan Raffaelli at Harvard Business School, points to what it calls a “paradox” in the aftermath of disruptive innovation. Yet the industry will always remain a shadow of its former self, even as the products that disrupted pinball have revenues in the billions. There is no paradox.

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The Mayo Clinic Model for Running a Value-Improvement Program

Harvard Business Review

The committee includes the leaders of its clinical practice committee (the dean and the vice dean for practice); its Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery (a hybrid research-practice center); and its quality, supply chain, analytics, marketing, contracting, systems and procedures, finance, and planning functions.

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More and More CEOs Are Taking Their Social Responsibility Seriously

Harvard Business Review

Ryan McVay/Getty Images. We can’t expect managers to focus primarily on anything other than building a thriving, profitable enterprise. Big retailers and textile firms can make supply chains greener, safer, and less corrupt. As I tell my students, rule one is: Don’t crash the company.

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