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How to Lead in High Turbulence – 5 Lessons from the Tunisian revolution

Strategy Driven

This dialogue reached a consensus among political parties stipulating that the incumbent Islamists hand over power to a technocratic transitional government. This was the context when on Christmas day 2013, the then designated Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa offered me the aforementioned thankless and non-lucrative opportunity. Turbulence.

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The Brief and Fascinating History of What You’re Wearing and Where It Gets Made

Harvard Business Review

Then came ill-advised decisions — like making a flip phone when market research showed that no one wanted flip phones — and an accretion of layers of management that operated by consensus. Oh, and an offer from then-up-and-coming star Justin Bieber to rep BlackBerry, an offer that was rebuffed by the marketing department.

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The Tech Trends You Can’t Ignore in 2015

Harvard Business Review

At the end of each year, I apply a framework to surface the most important emerging trends in digital media and emerging technology for the year ahead. Where/how are people having difficulty with technology? Smart virtual personal assistants: SVPAs started entering the market in 2013. Where/how are people stuck?

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