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Business School Professors Should Be Like Movie Directors

Harvard Business Review

A January Economist article on the Future of Jobs quoted experts saying that 47% of all job categories, including high-skill professions in medicine and law, will be automated within two decades. Equipping students with the skills to master these challenges is how learning takes place.

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Profit Is Less About Good Management than You Think

Harvard Business Review

Revenue moats are usually linked to intangible assets (including brands and patents), high switching costs, and network economies. perform better than CEOs whose softer skills such as team building or listening dominate.

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The Serendipity Machine

Mills Scofield

Each prospective user is asked to include a photo (or a hookup with his or her Twitter and/or LinkedIn account) and specify his or her particular skills and expertise. The company understands it as the fabric out of which value is created in the network economy. Serendipity is fed by the constant exchange of social capital.

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The Art of HR: Building REAL Social Networks

LDRLB

Social networking has evolved in various formats, using technological advances to allow people to communicate with their network in unique ways. These networks have infiltrated our workforce and have created numerous fluid dynamics in our workforce.