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Scan for the 3 key ingredients of trends to survive in the Expectation Economy

Strategy Driven

If you work for a small firm or a giant organization, in fashion or finance, in Texas or Tanzania, you are competing in a ruthless, globe-spanning Expectation Economy. They don’t even need to experience these new methods themselves, hearing about them is enough to make them demand the better way. Innovations.

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Turnarounds and the Big Play | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

In the case of struggling Nabob Foods, two significant innovations facilitated the turnaround. While they played catch-up, we were already working on the next innovation. Secondly, he innovated with blockbuster products iMac and iPod. Usually, one or two “big” plays make the difference. And guess what? April 2011. March 2011.

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Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce, and World

Harvard Business Review

But as good managers have discovered in so many realms of human need, pure philanthropy is not the only means for addressing social challenges. We need to remind ourselves that educating skilled workforces is an investment opportunity. Corporate social responsibility Education Finance' Our future progress depends on it.

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Reinventing the Chief Marketing Officer: An Interview with Unilever CMO Keith Weed

Harvard Business Review

That means innovating products to reduce their impact and changing consumer behavior about how to use products. So the role of marketing as I see it is identifying those deeper human needs and providing solutions. How Big Data Brings Marketing and Finance Together. Why Marketing Needs to Hire a Corporate Folklorist.