Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

When I founded the nonprofit African Institution of Technology , I initially focused on helping African entrepreneurs or artisans, especially those with only primary education, develop new skills and market opportunities. Ndubuisi Ekekwe is a founder of the non-profit African Institution of Technology.

Books 15

Books Guidelines Banking Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

For many, a corporate directorship is a career capstone. And 43% cited technology expertise, HR-talent management, international-global expertise, and succession planning as the skills missing most on their boards. But attaining one is far from easy. We also looked at results by industry and region.

Telecommunications 10

Telecommunications Health Care Biotechnology Real Estate 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2014

The phenomenon of fast-track CEO succession appears to be most prominent in the retail, technology, media, and telecommunications sectors—all of which are particularly affected by disruptive business models and new competitors. Through this effort, we have observed certain characteristics of this emerging trend.

CEO 15

CEO Contingency Plans Telecommunications Planning 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Although well-intentioned, these programs often have the unintended consequences of benefiting the wrong businesses, favoring sub-optimal technology, and creating market distortion. Entrepreneurs building businesses in telecommunications could predict the next wave of disruption for the FCC.

Entrepreneur 15

Entrepreneur Licensing Telecommunications Incubator 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

Digital technology, one of the world's fastest-growing and most lucrative sectors, is popular with consumers of all ages. One of the headhunter-experts I talked to for that project was Ann Carlsen , a recruiter in telecommunications and technology based in Boulder, Colorado. Consider the industry. She was bracingly blunt.

COO 17

COO Chief Financial Officer Telecommunications Technology 17

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

His most recent books are Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning and Analytics at Work.

Guidelines 15

Guidelines Education Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

One of us (Fred) was invited to join one important board seat (Time Warner) in large part because his expertise in the highly regulated realm of health care could be applied to the increasingly regulated world of global telecommunications. So look for moments in your career where your judgment of others has made a winning difference.

Telecommunications 9

Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence CEO Health Care 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

There was similar, though less dramatic, variation across sectors as well: financial services, health care, utilities, and telecommunications were relatively welcoming to female leadership, while fewer women were found at the top in basic materials, technology, energy, and industrial sectors.

Bottom-up 8

Bottom-up Diversity Policies Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2015

The CEO sitting across from me is explaining how he and the other executives of a telecommunications firm were caught off guard by a new technology that disrupted the firm’s business. He believes this is vital not only for better performance now, but also for the continued success of his career.

Agility 8

Agility Learning-by-Doing Executive Coaching Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2018

But it’s poised to transform all sectors, from retail, telecommunications, and agriculture to health, trucking, and the penal system. While there is no well-defined career path for data scientists, and little support for junior data scientists, we are starting to see some forms of specialization.

Ethics 8

Ethics Learning-by-Doing Industry Telecommunications 8

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

The research shows that men are 16 percent more inquisitive than women, possibly due to their tendency to gravitate towards STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) careers that reinforce inquiry. Industries with a moderate representation of women leaders include: food, banking and telecommunications services.

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Diversity Globalization Industry Transportation 120

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2012

The fact of the matter is that periodically, technologies or business model innovations allow start-ups to enter industries offering services that are generally cheaper and more accessible, but of far lower quality. People are primed to embrace disruption in telecommunications. It's disruption in its most basic form.

Rogers 16

Rogers Telecommunications Content Disruptive Innovation 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2014

in the most radical technologies. As a consequence, Germany doesn’t only seek to form new industries, it also infuses its existing industries with new ideas and technologies. by contrast, lets old industries die instead of renewing them with new technologies and innovation. But the fairy tale that the U.S.

Innovation 15

Innovation GDP Telecommunications Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

There are many explanations for growing inequality and stagnant wages, but studies have found that so-called “skills premiums” — higher wages for more-skilled workers — have been a significant factor in growing income inequality, and technology is the reason why that premium has risen.

Skills 8

Skills Engineering Telecommunications Incentives 8