Leading Blog

JULY 1, 2020

Before Silicon Valley disrupted the world with new technologies and business models, America’s industrial giants paved the way. Companies like General Electric, United Technologies, and Caterpillar were the Google and Amazon of their day, setting gold standards in innovation, growth, and profitability.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 22, 2014

Guest post from Robert Bruce Shaw : Research into the psychology of leadership highlights the benefit of being more confident than you should be. When you strike the right balance, you have developed what some call the "Optimal Margin of Illusion." Develop Peripheral Vision. Rely on Trusted Advisors.

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HR Digest

JULY 25, 2023

In the early 20th century, the average workweek in developed nations was reduced from around 60 to 40 hours. In 1930, economist John Maynard Keynes estimated that technological change and productivity improvements would make a 15-hour workweek possible within a couple of generations.

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Mark Sanborn

APRIL 30, 2024

George Bernard Shaw said, “Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. Here are ten things you need to do and develop as essential skills: 1. Whether a change in technology you must adopt to keep up or an economic circumstance, a force outside the leader’s control has created the need for change.

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Mark Sanborn

APRIL 30, 2024

George Bernard Shaw said, “Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. Here are ten things you need to do and develop as essential skills: 1. Whether a change in technology you must adopt to keep up or an economic circumstance, a force outside the leader’s control has created the need for change.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2011

Suppose you were alive in 1884 and were approached by an aspiring entrepreneur who had developed the most efficient and durable horse carriage ever created. This sentiment was eloquently captured by Robert Kennedy when he paraphrased a quote by George Bernard Shaw: "Some people see things as they are and say why?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

Biocon also sources drug molecules from other partners, especially from developing countries, such as the Cuba-based Center of Molecular Immunology (CMI). The vision and purpose of Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw , chairman and managing director of Biocon, is to deliver affordable drugs to the masses in both India and other markets.

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