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How to Compete Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders

Skip Prichard

1] He also worked hard to build his social capital with other talented inventors, but also with wealthy families and financiers like J. Human capital: who you are as a leader of innovation . Social capital: who you know with key expertise and resources. Morgan, the Vanderbilts, and the Rockefellers.

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The New Kind of Worker Every Business Needs

Harvard Business Review

We live in a world in which amplified individuals — people empowered by technologies and the collective intelligence of their social networks — can do things that previously only a large organization could. Socialize your underused assets. Employee retention Managing people Organizational culture IFTF'

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Should You Talk About Politics at Work?

Harvard Business Review

In fact, he says, learning how to talk about politics in a productive manner can help you “manage other difficult conversations at work ,” including peer performance reviews or disagreements over strategy and policy. ” If that doesn’t work, she suggests asking your boss for help managing the situation.