Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

In the decade between 2005 and 2015, labor productivity in the US as measured by GDP per labor hour was less than 1% for 7 of the 10 years, according to the OECD. . “A country’s ability to improve its standard of living over time depends almost entirely on its ability to raise output per worker.” And wages are stagnant.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 2, 2018

When PwC asked CEOs to name the most important ingredients for successful innovation, 31% said having the capability for creativity. PwC’s 2017 Risk in Review report revealed that 47% of corporate officers said they track their risk appetite – up from 36% in 2015. That means you need to be willing to try–and fail.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 17, 2017

Diversity can boost innovation and employee engagement , and companies with greater gender and racial diversity financially outperform their peers. The idea to do this study and connections with some of the CEOs came from a presentation I gave at the 2016 Billie Jean King Leadership initiative symposium. For example, Gap Inc.

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Harvard Business

JULY 11, 2017

At Pinterest, we understand that diverse teams yield smarter , more innovative results, which are essential in the competitive, dynamic tech industry. The tech industry joined the diversity movement to diversify their workforces far later, after being scrutinized for its stark lack of gender and ethnic diversity.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 21, 2017

But I suggest that the problem at Uber goes beyond a culture created by toxic leadership. These have certainly contributed to the company’s problems, and his resignation is probably appropriate. And having grown through intentional illegality, Uber can’t easily pivot toward following the rules. Uber’s Fundamental Illegality.

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Management Consulted

JULY 2, 2017

BCG’s clients typically include many of the world’s 500 largest companies – BCG Boston is no exception, but in this office the focus is on healthcare, financial services, industrial goods, retail, and high tech. We bring to you the Top 10 consulting firms in Boston area and the MC reasons as to why they made it to this list.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 2, 2016

True platform innovators aren’t just market matchmakers using data-driven algorithms to drive better buyer-seller matches; they invest in new value creation. How should leaderships invest to make their users – not just their platforms – measurably better? What really makes them work? Insight Center.

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Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2017

Kaplan’s balanced scorecard or Clayton Christensen’s disruptive innovation. David Garvin, who died earlier this month, was by all accounts one of the great Harvard Business School teachers, lighting up the classroom and the minds of his students over the past 38 years. He didn’t produce one signature idea, like Robert S.

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Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2017

It has benefited the tech industry enormously, and other sectors, including health care, science, and finance, have also used it to fill gaps in their workforces. It has benefited the tech industry enormously, and other sectors, including health care, science, and finance, have also used it to fill gaps in their workforces.

Engineering 30

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 11, 2016

According to executives surveyed by the Collaborative, access to difficult-to-find technical or functional expertise, speed, flexibility, and innovation are the top five drivers of using talent outside your organization. Today’s workforces are designed for speed and flexibility.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 19, 2016

Winning over Indian consumers seems to officially have become one of the global tech industry’s Next Big Things. billion in 2015. In 2015 alone the country attracted $9 billion in venture capital and was home to four “unicorns” — privately held ventures valued in excess of a billion dollars.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 20, 2016

In 2015, the world pivoted in a historic way toward sustainability. In response to Trump’s election and his statements doubting climate change, many countries that signed the Paris climate accords in 2015 made it clear they would power on (China in particular — see story number three, below). Then came 2016. In the U.S.,

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

political leadership have a chilling effect on corporate action around environmental and social issues? The Economics of Clean Tech. If we take the incoming president of the United States at his word, things look dire for the cause of sustainability. Will the seismic shift in U.S. The short answer is no. government.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 6, 2017

greenhouse gas emissions peaked in 2007, and by 2015 had declined by 10%. emissions from electricity generators fell 20% from 2007 to 2015, while emissions from other sectors fell more modestly. It depends, in part, on what states and cities do next. For the time being, U.S. climate policy will be fractured by political geography.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The loss of American trade leadership could hardly come at a worse time. A new survey from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs reveals that 60% of Americans support the negotiations for trans-Pacific trade , down slightly from 2015. This uncertainty calls for political leadership. Vincent Tsui for HBR.

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