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How Volvo Reinvented Itself Through Hiring

Harvard Business

“Technically, cars today are very different from ten years ago,” says Sällström, whom we interviewed for our book, Talent Wins. To get the skills and change agents it needed, Volvo looked outside the automotive industry. “Once, you needed mechanical engineers.

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What You Can Do to Improve Ethics at Your Company

Harvard Business

But what about the ordinary engineers, managers, and employees who designed cars to cheat automotive pollution controls or set up bank accounts without customers’ permission? In-depth interviews with these leaders provide some insight and solutions that can help us when we do face these quandaries. and the U.K.,

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2024 Events for Project Managers, Business Leaders, and Industry Professionals

Epicflow

The Pharma PPM Toolbox Conference 2024 April, 17-18, Basel, Switzerland The event is dedicated to discussing the key success factors of project portfolio management in the pharmaceutical industry – portfolio evaluation, prioritization, and optimization.

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What Will Your Industry Look Like in 2030? - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DELL TECHNOLOGIES

Harvard Business

Stella this study, we talked about it before this interview, it was rather polarizing the results were, and we talked about maybe it’s a difference in mindset, how people are viewing that, but talk a little bit about that if you would. Matthew Saleski, LinkedIn.

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How Atrius Health Is Making the Shift from Volume to Value

Harvard Business

The team used an outside consultant with experience in automotive product design to train and coach the leader and team members in the new capability. Interview questions were designed to test applicants for these traits. ” Some interview questions were used to test multiple competencies at once.