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The Big Disconnect in Your Talent Strategy and How to Fix It

Harvard Business

This is increasingly risky, as contingent and other non-full-time workers possess more of your vital strategic skills and deal with sensitive intellectual property. The disconnect between HR and Procurement often means either choice is suboptimal on its own, so operating managers circumvent both HR and Procurement.

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The Questions Executives Should Ask About 3D Printing

Harvard Business

Leaders of corporate strategic development need to analyze all of these considerations and be prepared for disruption to ripple through many functions — not just product development and manufacturing, but also finance, tax, legal, human resources, and IT. Are there operations you would shed? Threat analysis.