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Lead to the future: leadership imperatives for success

Brimstone Consulting

To take advantage of this opportunity place focus on building agility, aligning the organization, operating as a team of teams, and developing your people. At the core was building an agile organization – shifting mindsets, creating processes, and developing capabilities. “The Develop a Team of Teams. Build Agility.

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The Mainstreaming of Augmented Reality: A Brief History

Harvard Business

Despite the fact that Niantic, the American software development company that developed Pokémon Go, has failed to maintain high levels of engagement on the game (its current user base is now 30 million users), the phenomenon demonstrated AR’s potential to be adopted by mainstream culture. Phase 2: Trying on products at home.

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An Inside View of How LVMH Makes Luxury More Sustainable

Harvard Business

The companies that are most vocal about environmental and social issues tend to be big, mass-market brands — well-known retailers , consumer products giants , and tech firms that are telling a new story to consumers who increasingly care about sustainability. Like many luxury brands, Krug was struggling after the 2008 financial crisis.

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Robo-Advisers Are Coming to Consulting and Corporate Strategy

Harvard Business

Robo-advisors, which were introduced in 2008 , are steadily eating up market share from their human counterparts much the way that Amazon and Netflix have taken share from Walmart and Regal Cinemas. Create your own internal robo-advisory service : Companies could develop their own robotic or semi-robotic advice for key decision domains.

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How Multinationals Can Adapt to a Political Mood That Doesn’t Care for Them at All

Harvard Business

The economic gains for developing countries have been extraordinary. To reduce costs, they have shifted production to countries with low-paid workers, thereby increasing demand for their labor and increasing their wages. The financial crisis of 2008 is often attributed to deregulation and unfettered capitalism.