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Independent Work May Be Inevitable

Harvard Business Review

Because of my Institutional Investor ranking, and advances in technology that made virtual co-location possible, I was able to persuade Merrill Lynch to let me work out of my home in Boston. Productivity gains are not necessarily leading to job creation. Of course, this state of 'independence' isn't always of our own accord.

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The Management Thinker We Should Never Have Forgotten

Harvard Business Review

Build quality into a product throughout production. Work to constantly improve quality and productivity. Eliminate work standard quotas for production. Eliminate MBO. It may be cliché to say that technology is changing our businesses today at a rapid pace, but that doesn’t mean it’s not true.

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