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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and…
Read MoreTo the right is the rented garage in which Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard began forming, in 1939, a two-person company — the original Silicon Valley startup. Working with limited resources, the pair created a series of products—starting with audio…
Read MoreIn a classic article they wrote for the Harvard Business Review (July 1994 issue), Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad share their thoughts about how to create the future by asking the right questions and then obtaining the right answers. As…
Read MoreWhy do so many teams fail to live up to their promise? Because of the obstinate belief that human beings are rational entities. And because team designers fail to take into account the subtle, unconscious dynamics that influence human behavior.…
Read MoreUntil recently, I did not know that Modern Survey released the results of its Fall 2013 Employee Engagement Study (“State of Engagement: Unveiling the Latest Employee Engagement Research”) on December 3, 2013. The study finds that while employee engagement is…
Read MoreHere is a brief excerpt from an article written by Lareina Yee for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. She poses five questions can help start a challenging management conversation. To read the complete article, check out other…
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Embrace Your Ignorance
Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Michael Schrage, featured in the MIT Sloan Management Review. Today’s savviest executives acknowledge that most of the time, they can’t accurately predict what their customers will want, like or need. That’s…
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