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Companies Should Take the Lead in Fixing the Middle-Skills Gap

Harvard Business Review

Yet many employers still struggle to fill certain types of vacancies, especially for so-called middle-skills jobs — in computer technology, nursing, high-skill manufacturing, and other fields — that require postsecondary technical education and training and, in some cases, college math courses or degrees.

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America’s Leaders Need to Tell a New Story About Infrastructure

Harvard Business Review

Narratives are powerful leadership tools. This kind of leadership communication is sorely needed now to get moving on America’s infrastructure problems. Technology entrepreneurs should be at the table with established companies, elected officials, financiers, and consumers. Citizen voices and votes can encourage action.

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Boards Must Be More Combative

Harvard Business Review

They must protect value by helping companies avoid unnecessary risks, and they must build value by ensuring that companies change quickly enough to address emerging competitive threats, evolving customer preferences, and disruptive technologies. But disruption is not always about technology. Confront Unwelcome News and Trends.

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Great CEOs See the Importance of Being Understood

Harvard Business Review

Leadership is changing — fast. In other words, if people can’t constructively enhance and advance the CEO’s essential message inside the enterprise and out, then something is profoundly wrong with either the people, the message, or the CEO. Insight Center. The 21st-Century CEO. Sponsored by Cognizant.

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Rural China Offers Big Opportunities, Too

Harvard Business Review

Departing Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao recently urged his China leadership not to pursue an urbanization policy that neglects the needs and wants of China's significant rural population. But rural China is now about forestry, fishing, construction, and the production of bricks and cement. Fast-forward two decades and life is much better.

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The Buzz on Green Business in China

Harvard Business Review

The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. The Ministry of Commerce was showing how some companies "have made use of technology to.promote a low-carbon economy and environmental protection." This last article is the one that really grabbed my attention. In the U.S.

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A Blueprint for Measuring Health Care Outcomes

Harvard Business Review

The starting point for achieving value in any health care system is to measure outcomes. Although this can present leadership challenges related to shifting strategy, culture and operations, it certainly isn’t rocket science. Innovating for Value in Health Care. Get Institutional Commitment. Insight Center.