Mentors and Mavens
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Words consumers and firms use can be deal-breakers: INSEAD's Abhishek Borah
The professor and author on why firms have to be strategic in how they communicate to their customers and their counterparts
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It's more important to fire fast than to hire right: Uri Levine
Levine, a two-time unicorn builder and co-founder of Waze, explains why entrepreneurs should start by thinking of a 'big' problem worth solving
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Celebrate those who work smarter, not longer: Malissa Clark
An 'always on culture' carries massive costs to both individuals and organisations, says Clark, who leads the Healthy Work Lab at the University of Georgia
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Combine physical and digital domains to unlock value: Venkat Venkatraman
The author and information systems professor speaks about how to leverage the power of real-time data and AI to develop new sources of competitive advantage
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Keep middle managers exactly where they are: Emily Field
The author of Power to the Middle and partner at McKinsey's Seattle office on why the role of a middle manager is long overdue for a makeover, and the need to allow them to shed their roles as paper pushers
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'Cull talent from both inside and outside the organisation'
John Winsor, executive-in-residence at the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard University, tells us how to leverage the potential of a globally distributed, digitally connected workforce
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See co-workers as individuals, not just cultural stereotypes: Andy Molinsky
Brandeis University Professor Andy Molinsky talks about building cross-cultural relationships in a global workplace
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It's time to stop hiring for 'fit': Poornima Luthra
Organisations need to intentionally nurture a culture of inclusion alongside expanding the dimensions of diversity, argues Copenhagen Business School Associate Professor Poornima Luthra
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A team's internal focus is only half the story: Henrik Bresman
Traditional team models are not enough in an exponentially changing world, says Bresman, an INSEAD associate professor
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Once a company is customer-centric, it must be frontline-centric: Zeynep Ton
The old playbook may not work anymore in a tight labour market with tough competition, says Ton of MIT Sloan School of Management
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Executives must ask if the world is better off because their business is in it: Paul Polman
Companies better positioned for the future are those that improve the well-being of everyone they impact and at all scales, says former Unilever CEO Polman