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Consulting Tip #7: Beware of Other People Using Your Intellectual Property for Their Exposure

Johanna Rothman

No payment for my time or my IP (Intellectual Property). They wanted my intellectual property for their exposure. Even though their offer will cost the consultant time, money, and intellectual property. So the people in the learning/process improvement/agile center of excellence ask me for a free talk.

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The 4 Main Ways to Innovate in a Digital Economy

Harvard Business

Today, aided by digital design and fabrication tools on the one hand and social networking communities and collaboration/sharing tools on the other, an expanded “innovation landscape” is marked by new forms of participation and ownership, with new participants entering new markets and new arrangements of collective innovation.

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What a Changing NAFTA Could Mean for Doing Business in Mexico

Harvard Business

The possibility of a contentious renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has led to delayed or canceled investments in what has been one of Latin America’s most economically stable markets. Companies would like to see process improvements and better infrastructure at the border to reduce costs to import.