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The Biggest Obstacles to Innovation in Large Companies

Harvard Business

In most cases, that budget level produces a small innovation team that may be doing some concept development work, trend scouting, or training employees on innovation methodologies — but isn’t having a broad impact on the company. One write-in response to our question about obstacles to innovation was, “Leadership ADHD.”)

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7 Charts Show How Political Affiliation Shapes U.S. Boards

Harvard Business

Our limited sample suggests that both groups agree that board leadership should serve as champions of board diversity, but they differ on the policies they advocate to increase board diversity. METHODOLOGY. apparel, automobiles, retailing, media, hotels, restaurants & leisure); Consumer Staples (e.g.,