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Go Faster Alone but Farther Together

Chad Barr

LEGO: A Blueprint for Collaboration and Individual Ingenuity At the dawn of the 2000s, LEGO found itself on the brink of collapse, its brand diluted and finances in turmoil. The appointment of Jørgen Vig Knudstorp as CEO marked the turning point.

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Transformational Leadership: Changing Culture to Fuel Financial Success

Organizational Talent Consulting

The purpose includes creating value for customers, investing in employees, dealing fairly with suppliers, and supporting the communities where corporations operate. A global survey of over 5000 CEOs revealed that greater than 60 percent of organizations anticipate introducing new products or services to fuel their growth.

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Jim Whitehurst on the Open Organization: A Conversation with the CEO of Red Hat

BCG

Video Monday, October 17, 2016. Jim Whitehurst is the president and CEO of Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open-source enterprise IT products and services. With a background in business development, finance, and global operations, Whitehurst has a reputation for helping companies flourish—even in the most challenging of times.

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Why Life Insurers and Asset Managers Must Join Forces to Win

BCG

Article Thursday, December 15, 2016 Life insurers are feeling the squeeze. In their efforts to adapt to this upside-down world, life insurers are focusing on optimizing their investment strategies and operations. The industry’s overall business growth has stalled, and investment income has become a critical mainstay.

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The Hum of Chinese Innovation

Tom Spencer

Chinese people really love their smart phones, and daily life is also being transformed by the many apps used for everything from hailing a car with Didi (the company that bought Uber China in 2016) to ordering food delivery with Ele.me So, what was the new product idea? Once a product takes off, sales are likely to sky-rocket.

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The Cantillon Effect

Tom Spencer

In 2016, Brexit and Trump’s victory came as a one-two punch. Rising prices over time create an incentive for production to move abroad, and the resulting decrease in productive capacity causes a society to decline. As a case in point, from 1975 to 2019 the average annual increase in Harvard tuition was 5.1%

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Strong Economy – Strong Buy-Sell Market

Martinka Consulting

More businesses sold after being advertised on bizbuysell.com than any other year, and 2017 was 25% higher than 2016. Gallup recently released a five-year-long study showing the variance between high and low productivity is 70% attributable to the manager. Synergistic product line firm. Contract manufacturer (of your product).