September, 2018

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Innovation Should Be a Top Priority for Boards. So Why Isn’t It?

Harvard Business

Corporate directors and executives alike recognize that today’s pace of change continues to accelerate and that firms need to innovate to stay ahead. But are boards doing enough to support innovation, as they should? We found that, overall, innovation does not rank as a top strategic challenge for the majority of boards.

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Why Companies Are Creating Their Own Coworking Spaces

Harvard Business

Dozens of companies, ranging from telcos ( Sprint , AT&T ), to tech giants (SAP, IBM), to automakers and insurance companies (MINI, State Farm ) have launched similar experiments. It’s not alone in trying to jump on the trend of shared workspaces, of which there are now around 19,000 worldwide.

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Reminder: Customers Care How You Treat Your Employees

Harvard Business

The suit accuses IBM of systematically laying off older employees in an effort to cultivate a younger, and presumably tech-savvier, workforce. A few months ago ProPublica reported that in the last five years IBM has laid off more than 20,000 U.S. workers age 40 or older.

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