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Even Life-Saving Innovations Don’t Sell Themselves

Harvard Business

As one leader said, “We have scaled up a (youth job-training) program we are very proud of, but people are not coming through the doors.” So early promoters, including the American Heart Association, looked to scale the technique by training another segment of lifesavers: volunteer firefighters. A team of U.S.

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Access to Digital Technology Accelerates Global Gender Equality

Harvard Business

Accenture surveyed nearly 5,000 men and women in 31 countries, exploring their use of technology, including access to devices like smartphones and wireless wearable devices, and the frequency with which they use them. as several national nonprofit initiatives, such as EveryoneOn , are delivering training at the local level.

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An Ex-Consultant’s Jump into the Start Up World

Management Consulted

Jenny Rae interviewed him to hear about his journey from Yale, how he knew he wanted to be in management consulting, his recruitment process (and why he chose Altman Vilandrie over Oliver Wyman), his decision to leave management consulting and the challenges and rewards of entrepreneurship. *.

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Self-Driving "Fully Automated" Vehicles on German Autobahn; Supply Chain Math; Uber and Khan Academy

MishTalk

The cost of finding, recruiting, training and keeping drivers is steadily rising,” Shevell says. The above may take a few years longer than trucks, just as fiber or wireless to homes (the last mile) was once the telecommunication problem. Equipment costs are through the roof. A new Class 8 truck costs about $135,000.

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Success with the Internet of Things Requires More Than Chasing the Cool Factor

Harvard Business

“In exchange for retaining jobs in a new, state-of-the-art facility, we asked our employees to take advantage of training and refresh and stretch their talents. First, train your employees in critical IoT skills — not just technology and processes but collaboration, too.

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