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Intangible Loss of Outsourced Innovation

Mills Scofield

I’ve been thinking about the 2 nd , 3 rd order effects of outsourcing, especially now that some companies are either doing or seriously considering insourcing. And what about innovation? Many innovations arise by trying to do something one way and figuring out a better way or an entirely different way to do it.

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Founders Benefit When They Bring In External Expertise

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers tested the effectiveness of four distinct interventions: training the owner, insourcing a worker, outsourcing an expert, and consulting, in a bid to overcome what is referred to as the “boundary of the entrepreneur” Beyond the boundary.

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Digital Transformation Or Digital Free Fall: What Every CEO Must Know

N2Growth Blog

The special ones, they see it as a chance to create advantage, to deliver value and to innovate at scale. Innovation has always been synonymous with business survival and that hasn’t changed. What has changed is the pace and scale at which businesses must innovate to remain competitive in a digital world.

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How to Solve Complex Problems Fast

Skip Prichard

The tight timeframe and “what must we all start working on” clause pushed people from platitudes like ‘working smarter’ or ‘being more innovative’ into concrete actions, including which sacred cow projects to stop. Leadership Tip: Don’t be afraid of how people will react. Tips to Ask Good Questions. ” -Komlos, Benjamin.

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HBR’s Guide to Obama’s 2014 State of the Union

Harvard Business Review

Manufacturing and Insourcing. Obama mentioned a trend toward “insourcing” — the return of manufacturing jobs from abroad — and vowed to promote advanced manufacturing via four new manufacturing “institutes.” ” For a little more nuance on the insourcing trend, read Brad Power on GE.

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Diversity & Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. link] Anna Smith “Let the attacks begin” – The number one source for innovation/change is pissed-off people (Tom Peters). Have a great Thanksgiving Sir. LeRoyD Amen! We are all biased.

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Aggressive Talent Wars Are Good for Cities

Harvard Business Review

Unlike most other states in the United States, but more like innovative Western European countries like Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden, California has rules about allowing job mobility within markets. Non-competes have contributed to the more rigid, vertically integrated, and prone to insourcing ethos of Boston’s high tech region.