Remove Leadership Remove Technology Remove Tourism
article thumbnail

How to Lead in High Turbulence – 5 Lessons from the Tunisian revolution

Strategy Driven

I was asked to be Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Information & Communication Technologies. Just like a technology company, we intentionally physically set up our “lab” on the opposite side of Tunis, far from the main body of government. Tawfik Jelassi is IMD Professor of Strategy and Technology Management.

How To 50
article thumbnail

How Companies, Governments, and Nonprofits Can Create Social Change Together

Harvard Business Review

This is apparent in India, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is using a collaborative approach to build a national digital highway , partnering with the country’s world-class technology companies in the process. Collaborative leadership was critical for the revitalization of Central Park in New York City.

Company 15
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

China Needs a New Generation of Dreamers (and New Dreams)

Harvard Business Review

in 1999 with the dream of: “changing people’s lives with science and technology” — and then he delivered this in a big way, becoming probably the richest person in China, and the only Chinese member of Forbes ’ “top 12 most powerful entrepreneurs for 2013”. .

article thumbnail

What a Year of Job Rejections Taught Me About Pitching Myself

Harvard Business Review

I spent a couple of days gathering data about the tourism industry and the company’s current footprint in the market, and identified strategic opportunities for them there. I released the report on Twitter and copied Airbnb’s founders and leadership team.

article thumbnail

Change Management Is Becoming Increasingly Data-Driven. Companies Aren’t Ready

Harvard Business Review

We are working with a large travel and tourism firm to introduce a system for real-time employee feedback. Along these lines, California startup LEDR Technologies is pioneering techniques to predict team performance. Are some managers better than others at delivering messages to employees? Build a Dashboard.

article thumbnail

Why Your Customers Hate You and How to Fix It

Skip Prichard

Brandt, CEO and founder of The MPI Group and an award-winning journalist, has devoted more than two decades to studying leadership in effective, purpose-driven organizations. Mostly because it’s fundamentally more difficult to lead an organization than ever before, due to a confluence of leadership trends and external factors.

How To 79
article thumbnail

Why President Kagame Runs Rwanda Like a Business

Harvard Business Review

So far, Rwanda''s three big clusters are coffee, tea, and tourism, but Porter is convinced there are more to come. In the initial three areas of coffee, tea, and tourism, that effort has advanced quite far now. Rwanda is winning international awards and marketing globally, and tourism is booming. Schools don''t get established.

Porter 13