October, 2018

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Leading a Company That Wants to Change Lives through Sports

Strategy+Business

The CEO overseeing Adidas's flourishing is Kasper Rørsted, a man who spent the first half of his career in the tech industry. Think high-profile consumer goods, and sports apparel comes quickly to mind. For the last few years, the world's fastest-growing major sports apparel enterprise has been Adidas.

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What Can Big Businesses Learn About Innovation from Social Entrepreneurs? - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM QATAR FOUNDATION

Harvard Business

Big businesses struggling in an era of rapid transformation can learn a lot from the experiences of social entrepreneurs finding and adapting innovative solutions in difficult contexts. WISH and WISE. Empower Bottom-up Solutions. “Maybe what you think is the best idea you’ve ever had actually isn’t.”

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What’s Driving Superstar Companies, Industries, and Cities

Harvard Business

The debate about superstar firms and superstar effects has been intensifying, partly in response to the rapid growth of global US tech companies. Contrary to popular perception, these superstar firms are not just Silicon Valley tech giants. and Chinese tech firms. Apexphotos/Getty Images. Wider dynamics may be at play.

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How to Identify and Avoid Bad Corporate Subcultures

LSA Global

One of our high tech clients is laser-focused on being the market leader in their space with new products and services that are continuously beyond what exists today. While both departments can innovate in some areas, it is in the organization’s best interests that certain corporate subcultures exist and are purposefully misaligned.

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The Art of the Elevator Pitch

Harvard Business

A winning pitch starts with a winning logline — a valuable lesson for innovators in any field. The most valuable innovations offer novel solutions to challenging problems. But without the support of investors, even the best ideas might never get off the ground. What does your startup or product do? What’s your idea?

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From Wearables To Telemedicine To Direct-To-Consumer Prescriptions, Here’s How Healthcare Is Becoming Consumer-Centric

SkillQuo

Article Credit: CB Insights. High deductible plans and new technologies are turning patients into savvy healthcare consumers, with higher expectations around service and experience. Companies are positioning themselves to take advantage of this shift. In healthcare, that change has come more slowly. TABLE OF CONTENTS. MOBILE TAKES OFF.

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Keeping Human Stories at the Center of Health Care

Harvard Business

A mentor told me early in my career that only 20% of healing involves the high-tech stuff. VCG/Getty Images. Caring for the health and well-being of our fellow humans has always been viewed as a combination of art and science. It’s time for that to change. Some dysfunction may always exist in our health care systems. Insight Center.

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