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Volkswagen and the End of Corporate Spin

Harvard Business Review

During the course of research for our new book on what it takes to create authentic organizations, we saw over and over that the most admired organizations don’t do “spin.” So why aren’t all companies more open in their communication? The list goes on.

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Google, Don't Choose Micromanagement

Harvard Business Review

Google decided to make open information flow a key attribute of their firm. The second advantage comes because open strategy allows decisions to be owned where they need to be owned. Besides lending clarity, the open strategy culture ups the ante on all sides to own the commons. So how would they keep that innovation on track?

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14 Principles that Made Amazon

Skip Prichard

His new book, co-authored with Karen Anderson is a fascinating look at Amazon’s record growth. For those who haven’t read your book yet, would you share one of them and its importance to business success? Failure comes part and parcel with invention” (Bezos 2013 letter). Jeff Bezos. 14 Principles that Made Amazon.

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Mindfulness Can Improve Strategy, Too

Harvard Business Review

As UCLA’s Richard Rumelt, a leading expert on strategic planning, writes in his book Good Strategy, Bad Strategy , one of the quintessential components of good strategy is the ability to take a step out of the internal storyline and shift viewpoints. This creates space to deliberately choose how to speak and act.

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Why Young Bankers, Lawyers, and Consultants Need Emotional Intelligence

Harvard Business Review

So in order to be successful you will need to be self-aware, flexible, and open to new ideas, projects, and people. Read influential books that can help you hone your self-awareness, such as How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie and The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki. Collegiality/Collaboration.