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Balancing the 3 Boxes

Leading Blog

Dartmouth professor Vijay Govindarajan writes, “As much as we might pay lip service to the fact that the future will differ dramatically from the past, we often behave as though it will be exactly the same.” How do we create the future while managing the present? It’s about managing preservation, destruction and creation.

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Can AI Tell Us When To Use AI And When Not To?

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Indeed, a central theme of Lumina Foundation CEO James Merisotis’ latest book, Human Work , is that we often struggle to truly understand what skills we have, and indeed what skills we need to have in order to thrive in the modern labor market. Task management. Reinventing healthcare. . around its introduction.”

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Why Management Ideas Matter

Harvard Business Review

Who is the most influential living management thinker? That is the question that the Thinkers50, the biennial global ranking of management thinkers , seeks to answer. But, celebrating the very best new thinking in management matters for three reasons. Second, management matters. It's a fair question.

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It's Time to Rethink Continuous Improvement

Harvard Business Review

As Fujio Ando, senior managing director at Chibagin Asset Management suggests, "Japan's consumer electronics industry is facing defeat. Similarly, Japan's automobile industry has been plagued by a series of embarrassing quality problems and recalls, and has lost market share to companies from South Korea and even (gasp!)

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HBR's Most Popular Blog Posts of 2011

Harvard Business Review

What Venture Capital Can Learn from Emerging Markets. by Vijay Govindarajan. Better Time Management Is Not the Answer. Management is chaotic by nature. A lesson in accurately valuing yourself -- from the stock market. Important advice for smart people (and their parents and managers). by Whitney Johnson.

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The $300 House: The Corporate Challenge

Harvard Business Review

Editor's note: This post is one in an occasional series on Vijay Govindarajan's and Christian Sarkar's idea to create a scalable housing solution for the world's poor. Dr. Burns' career has spanned scientific research; issues management; science and technology leadership and business management. Today, Stephanie A. Stephanie A.

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31 Innovation Questions (and Answers) To Kick Off the New Year

Harvard Business Review

new product, distribution channel, marketing approach). An innovation that transforms a market or creates a new one through simplicity, convenience, affordability or accessibility. What is the best way to disrupt a market? How should I form and manage innovation teams? How do I spot opportunities for innovation?