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Retain Your Top Performers

Marshall Goldsmith

Innovative high-technology corporations are currently paying employees large bonuses to recruit top talent. To retain top talent in the future, executives will need to clearly identify, develop, involve, and recognize key people. The CEO of a leading telecommunications company recently embarked on an innovative approach.

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Intrapreneurship in "Social" Business

Mills Scofield

Having lived in and with off-the-grid communities in Latin America, in Nicaragua and Colombia, I had seen and felt the impact of low Internet and basic telecommunications access, especially when it comes to communicating with potential employers. This customer discovery process let me identify the forces acting on a worker.

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Innovation Should Be a Top Priority for Boards. So Why Isn’t It?

Harvard Business Review

Corporate directors and executives alike recognize that today’s pace of change continues to accelerate and that firms need to innovate to stay ahead. But are boards doing enough to support innovation, as they should? We found that, overall, innovation does not rank as a top strategic challenge for the majority of boards.

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The Right CEO Personality for Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

I also argued in my last post that the CEO has a critical and unique role to play in process improvement, enabling a companys activities to be redesigned across functions and divisions. If the CEO doesnt play this role, process improvement stays comfortably within functional boundaries. He wasnt a process manager.

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It's Time to Rethink Continuous Improvement

Harvard Business Review

Starting in the 1970s, the country's ability to create low-cost, quality products helped them dominate key industries, such as automobiles, telecommunications, and consumer electronics. Looking beyond Japan, iconic six sigma companies in the United States, such as Motorola and GE, have struggled in recent years to be innovation leaders.

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Create Early Warning Systems to Detect Competitive Threats

Harvard Business Review

Executives in market leaders in those sectors need to watch these developments carefully, because the seeds of transformation are being sown as we speak. Christensen's research shows clearly that transformation often comes in the form a disruptive innovator that makes consumption simpler, convenient, and more affordable.

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A Plan to Revitalize Greece

Harvard Business Review

However, as much as macroeconomic reforms are needed, the future of the Greek economy will be determined by its competitiveness, which concerns costs, but is also measured by innovation. The key to such a change is developing an innovation-oriented industrial structure and a well-functioning innovation system.