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Does a Mentor have to Breathe?

In the CEO Afterlife

In the early days of my 40 year business career, I was lucky to work under two gentlemen who instilled several critical success factors that guided me from Brand Manager to CEO. Most importantly, the implications and action steps became an ‘easy sell’ to my team. Prahalad and Henry Mintzberg joined me as silent colleagues.

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The Post-Covid World Sees Innovation Spread Its Wings

The Horizons Tracker

Even the Eurasian state of Azerbaijan has got in on the act by hosting the Global Virtual Hackathon, with the winning entrant a Polish team helping communities to better support one another during the pandemic. Speeding the recovery. Ecosystems will also play a strong role in our recovery from the pandemic. Globally competitive.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Deepa Prahalad – Focused on design and emerging markets. Rod MacKenzie – Executive Vice President, Chief Development Officer for Pfizer, member of Pfizer’s Executive Leadership Team. Telisa Yancy – Chief Marketing Officer at American Family Insurance. World authority on project management. ’ Game.

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Why Entrepreneurs Will Beat Multinationals to the Bottom of the Pyramid

Harvard Business Review

Prahalad and Stuart Hart’s seminal book The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid gained a wide audience when it was published in 2004 and has continued to be widely read ever since. On the fifth anniversary of the book’s publication, Professor Prahalad was interviewed by Knowledge@Wharton.

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The Power of Intent

Harvard Business Review

A fellow business leader complained the other day that although he had repeatedly sought feedback, his team had never told him what they really thought about his management style. My plate is full and my team knows that.". Prahalad and Gary Hamel referred to that in an award-winning HBR article Strategic Intent.

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To Profit from Doing Good, Start Small

Harvard Business Review

Leaders of these companies now believe that "doing good" can be a powerful strategy for growing markets, stimulating innovation, motivating employees, tapping into new talent pools, and actually reducing costs. We're years away from the point where doing good will be the accepted norm for successful businesses. Educate your team.

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Seven Ways to Connect With Your Designer

Harvard Business Review

This is driven by the successes of product-design leaders like Apple, and a macroeconomic environment that demands better risk management. I've found shortcutting this process, or failing to explore how design can align with strategy, will only limit market and financial success. Increase profitability? Improve lives?