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How to Solve Your Talent Challenge (Creatively)

Organizational Talent Consulting

Driving creativity within an organization's culture is increasingly vital for leaders. At BASF, chemical production sites are highly interlinked product flows resulting in efficient uses of resources. Thinkertoys: A handbook of business creativity. The international handbook on innovation (1st ed.). References.

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Trust Your Employees, Not Your Rule Book

Harvard Business

It has to do with the grave shortcomings of an approach to business, culture, and customer service that relies on rules and procedures at the expense of letting flesh-and-blood human beings solve problems and make sound decisions. The entirety of the Nordstrom Employee Handbook fits on a single 5×8 card and involves exactly one rule.

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Top 11 Must-Read Project Management Books

Epicflow

Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management by Scott Berkun Making Things Happen is a practical handbook for project managers written in an easy-to-read and witty manner. It consists of the author’s essays that cover the philosophy and strategies for managing projects. In addition, the book provides you with: Practical advice (e.g.,