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How Passion Can Revolutionize Digital Technology, AND Change The.

Terry Starbucker

And change it did, because the new CEO had a vision that went beyond product, and costs, and overhead, and costs of capital. Tweet This Post Tagged as: Apple , Leadership , Steve Jobs { 2 comments… read them below or add one } JennyB August 30, 2010 at 6:12 pm Great post! It was about passion.

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The Complexity of Business Communication

CoachStation

We may well be overcomplicating the language of leadership and business. Gabrielle Dolan: The Future of Leadership Conference, Bris, Sept 2015 After attending the Future of Leadership – Workplace Culture conference in Brisbane last week I have been reflecting on the content from some of the speakers.

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How internal innovators win the game

Innovation Excellence

Your company has assets to invest that typically demand a lower return that venture capital because they carry a lower cost of capital. Finally, consider risk diversification. Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s CEO, once said “if you have a one in ten chance of a 100-times payoff, you should take that bet every time.

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How internal innovators win the game

Innovation Excellence

Your company has assets to invest that typically demand a lower return that venture capital because they carry a lower cost of capital. Finally, consider risk diversification. Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s CEO, once said “if you have a one in ten chance of a 100-times payoff, you should take that bet every time.

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When "Creative Destruction" Destroys More than It Creates

Harvard Business Review

My colleagues and I at Bain & Company have been tracking this for forty years, and we have never seen companies losing their leadership positions as quickly as they are today. real revenue and profit growth and earning their cost of capital has steadily declined. A similar pattern hold for airlines. And for telecom.

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The Three Decisions You Need to Own

Harvard Business Review

At many companies the total cash investment in acquisitions, R&D, and fixed assets has not earned back its cost of capital after adjusting for the time lag in realizing incremental benefits. Decision making Leadership' That outcome reflects the wrong allocation and/or ineffective execution.

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The Case for Investing More in People

Harvard Business Review

This includes more autonomy and agility as well as inspirational leadership. This has not only resulted in less investment in human capital but has also delivered lower total shareholder returns despite a period in which the cost of capital (and thus the cost of investing for growth) has been extraordinarily low.