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Joining Boards: It's Not Just Who You Know That Matters

Harvard Business Review

And 43% cited technology expertise, HR-talent management, international-global expertise, and succession planning as the skills missing most on their boards. The industry with the greatest skills gap was IT & telecommunications, whose boards are in serious need of international-global expertise and HR-talent management.

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Leading in a World of Resource Constraints and Extreme Weather

Harvard Business Review

And as an HBS white paper points out, even some of today’s most mainstream executives — from the CTO to even the CFO — were once just new positions created to deal with “significant opportunities and risks emerging from technological or social disruptions.” Insight Center. The Future of Operations.

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The Big Picture of Business – Achieving the Best by Preparing for the Worst: Lessons Learned from High-Profile Crises, part 2 of 4

Strategy Driven

Along the way, many defective tires hit the market, subsequently causing SUV rollovers, damage and, in some cases, deaths. Real estate consultants are not business strategists, but the retail system gives them the say-so in establishing community presence. Computer activity constitutes less than 1% of the technology picture.

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It’s Never Been More Important for Big Companies to Listen to Local Communities

Harvard Business Review

On paper, the project seemed like it would be a hit: The investment by the mining company would bring jobs and 21st-century technology to an economically poor area and tax revenues to the government. Managers need to communicate directly with many stakeholders to build a shared understanding of local needs, issues, and concerns.