Harvard Business

MAY 9, 2018

Monzino/Getty Images. One evening in February 2016, writer and filmmaker Ava DuVernay met with two top Disney executives about the possibility of directing an adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s classic novel A Wrinkle in Time. DuVernay, 44 at the time, had overcome many challenges to reach that moment. She had launched her career 12 years earlier with no connections — she just picked up a camera and started making small-budget films, including one she financed out of her own sav

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Gina Abudi

MAY 9, 2018

Refining or updating processes don’t go well when the project is rushed or when the people tasked with doing the work are not the ones who use the process. When the project of updating processes fails, the company may give up and leaves things as they are – the status quo prevails. Processes should be [.]. The post Updating Processes? Go Slowly!

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MAY 9, 2018

Let go of the idea of leader as hero, and model the kind of behavior you want to see from your team—you'll all be happier, healthier, and more productive. The post Put Away Your Cape: Why Leader as Hero Doesn’t Work appeared first on Actionable.co.

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Chad Barr

MAY 9, 2018

Photo by: Chad Barr. This last weekend, my family and I traveled to Los Angeles to celebrate the wedding of our niece, Shoshana to her talented and amazing new husband, Ryan. A truly beautiful celebration of love and a special occasion with our family as well as friends and other family members we have not seen in years. We got to relax and experience gorgeous Pasadena and even visit Disneyland and the Los Angeles Zoo.

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Let go of the idea of leader as hero, and model the kind of behavior you want to see from your team—you'll all be happier, healthier, and more productive. The post Put Away Your Cape: Why Leader as Hero Doesn’t Work appeared first on Actionable.co.

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Harvard Business

MAY 9, 2018

hh5800/Getty Images. The problems we’re facing often seem as complex as they do intractable. And as Albert Einstein is often quoted as saying, “We cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them.” So what does it take to increase the complexity of our thinking? Too many leaders default to looking at decisions as either-or: The answer is right or wrong, good or bad, win or lose.

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Rod Burkert

MAY 9, 2018

Greetings from … well, it’s hard to say. We posed at a corner in Winslow, AZ and then drove about an hour south from there to … the Mogollon Rim. Why? We are meeting up with friends who will install solar power on our rig so that we can do some more remote stays and save money over “traditional” RV parks that have become quite expensive of late.

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Martinka Consulting

MAY 9, 2018

There are a lot of things I can do around my house. Paint, install doors, fix some electrical and plumbing issues, etc. There are some things I can’t or won’t do including building things needing a permit (new elevated deck), a kitchen or bathroom remodel, etc. The latter items are when I use an expert. I got to thinking about this during some recent sports injury rehab on my leg.

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Harvard Business

MAY 9, 2018

beastfromeast/Getty Images. Whether it’s attending startup events, social gatherings, or happy hours, networking is a necessary part of every entrepreneur’s life. Seventy-eight percent of entrepreneurs agree that networking is crucial to startup success, which is why there are a myriad of articles online about how to master and love the art of networking.

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MBO Partners

MAY 9, 2018

Marketing ideas for your independent business: how to grow your brand and bring in new clients.

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Seth Godin Blog

MAY 9, 2018

Is it ever okay to sell the rights to your work? Milton Glaser was paid about $2,000 in expenses to create the I Love NY logo, one of the iconic marketing images of its decade. He later said, "I was very happy to do it. I was very happy about the consequences.”. Carolyn Davidson originally made $35 for designing the swoosh that Nike made famous. Neither was paid enough, certainly.

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 9, 2018

Most of my work involves either a corporate strategic plan or a personal strategic plan. The core of strategic planning centers around deciding on priorities and allocating resources to those priorities. A good strategic planning process is quite painful. It’s painful because resources are always constrained. This has been true in every strategic plan with which I’ve ever been involved.

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Harvard Business

MAY 9, 2018

Neasden Control Centre for hbr. When Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that “moats are lame” during the company’s earnings call last week, he was calling out Warren Buffett, the chair of Berkshire Hathaway, who uses “moat” to describe barriers to imitation that stave off competition. “If your only defense against invading armies is a moat, you will not last long,” Musk continued. “What matters is the pace of innovation — that is the fundamental determ

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MAY 9, 2018

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Harvard Business

MAY 9, 2018

Jeffrey Coolidge/Getty Images. Entrepreneurs are known for their creativity and risk tolerance; engineers, mathematicians, and health care workers typically aren’t. Consider, for example, the ideal attributes of a civil engineer building an interstate bridge near your home. Do you picture a risk-tolerant engineer who is highly comfortable with uncertainty, or one who tends to prefer mathematical certainly?

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