How to Monetize a Business Ecosystem
3 of the Most Common Challenges Women Face in Negotiations
Can a Board Member’s Job Be Automated?
How Companies Like Google and Alibaba Respond to Fast-Moving Markets
Dave Ulrich, professor at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, argues today’s companies need to replace old hierarchical models with he calls a “market-oriented ecosystem.” From research at Alibaba, Google, Huawei, Supercell, and others, he shows the impressive results of orienting teams and processes toward market opportunities. Ulrich is the coauthor, along with Tencent senior advisor Arthur Yeung, of “Reinventing the Organization: How Companies Can Deliver Radically Greater Value in Fast-Changing Markets.”
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Research: When Losing Out on a Big Opportunity Helps Your Career
How VC Can Help More Women Get Ahead
Accelerating the success of female funders and founders
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Technology Is Blurring the Line Between Field Sales and Inside Sales
Can Gimlet Turn a Podcast Network Into a Disruptive Platform?
Harvard Business School professors John Deighton and Jeffrey Rayport discuss how two former public radio producers launch the Gimlet Media podcast network, entering the last frontier of digital media. How can they turn a content supplier into a disruptive platform?
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Reskilling Workers Is a Central Part of Corporate Social Responsibility
It’ll benefit your workforce, your company, and your community.
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Introducing Season 3
In a world of overwhelming choices, being decisive is harder and more important than ever. In the new season of FOMO Sapiens, Patrick J. McGinnis speaks with a diverse and fascinating set of leaders in business, politics, and culture about how they make decisions in their busy lives. In doing so, he uncovers the answer to a fundamental question: How can you find the power to choose what you actually want and the courage to miss out on the rest?
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Entrepreneurs Who Sleep More Are Better at Spotting Good Ideas
How to Improve Your Company’s Net Promoter Score
Give customers the chance to evaluate you at exactly the right moment.
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Governing in the Exponential Age
Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the UK, joins Azeem Azhar in conversation about how the technology industry and policy makers can work together to amplify their potential to serve the public good. Regulating big tech, as Blair explains, is only a small part of the solution in a necessary effort to transform our society and economy for the exponential age.
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Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Google – Who Won the Summer? Plus, WeWork’s Fall from Grace
After Hours is back for Season 3! Youngme, Felix, and Mihir debate which of the Big Tech companies (Apple, Facebook, Amazon, or Google) had the best/worst summer, before digging into the WeWork saga.
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Where Companies Go Wrong with Learning and Development
Retaining knowledge is just as important as learning it.
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Why Reverse Mentoring Works and How to Do It Right
Universities Should Be Preparing Students for the Gig Economy
Most Analytics Projects Don’t Require Much Data
Doctor, Heal Thyself: Rare Disease Research
Dr. David Fajgenbaum has almost died five times from Castleman disease, a group of rare and deadly disorders of the lymph nodes. This led him to co-founding and managing the Castleman Disease Collaborative Network (CDCN) — a research collective to disrupt the broken, disorganized approach to disease research.
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When Surprise Is a Good Negotiation Tactic
Signaling collaboration can lead to a more positive outcome.
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