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LeadershipNow 140: January 2017 Compilation

Leading Blog

Smart use of technology can aid organisational change via @MediaplanetUK with ‏@profhamel. Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. The Impoverishment of Attention by Shane Parrish @farnamstreet. Five Culture Killers in Your Organization by @GrowingLeaders. The Best Leadership Books of 2016.

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Business Needs to Do What Government Can't

Harvard Business Review

Levi Strauss, intriguingly, has used biomimetic techniques in developing new production techniques for jeans. We're moving towards innovation in technology, pricing, business models and partnerships," explains head of corporate responsibility management, Dorje Mundle, of the company's base-of-the-pyramid operations.

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Managing in an Age of Winner-Take-All

Harvard Business Review

The advent of the modern organization and the practice of management constitutes a “social technology” that has been equally transformative. The forces of technology and management will continue to hold equal sway as the 21st century unfolds.

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The 6 Ways Business Leaders Talk About Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

The focus of people using a resources frame to understand sustainability is often on waste reduction and technological innovation. Challenges of this frame: It is tempting to imagine that such technology will solve all our resource problems, but shoehorning billions of extra people onto the planet must have consequences.

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How Incentives for Long-Term Management Backfire

Harvard Business Review

Why isn’t more of that cash going into developing businesses for long-term gains — the big, outsized gains that come from big bets on the future? For example, one large technology company embraced a strategy to win through new digital businesses. One technology company is focusing on consumer adoption of new platforms.