Strategy

Get the Boss to Buy In

Susan J. Ashford, James R. Detert

Essential pieces of advice to successfully sell your ideas.

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The Organizational Apology

Maurice E. Schweitzer, Alison Wood Brooks, Adam Galinsky

How a company can present its apologies in a manner that safeguards the trust of its customers and its reputation.

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New Research Shows How Digital Connects Shoppers to Local Stores

How do consumers combine in-store shopping and online searches?

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How to Have a Eureka Moment

David Burkus

Taking breaks and encouraging time for incubation helps to find more creative solutions.

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Still the Sexiest Profession Alive

DJ Patil

Where can you find and how do you train these famous data scientists capable of combining technical expertise and comprehension of business stakes?

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How Companies Learn Your Secrets

Charles Duhigg

The Target retail chain manages to identify expectant mothers among its customers and predict their purchases according to their stage of pregnancy!

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Coming Through When It Matters Most

Heidi K. Gardner

Just when teams should be most innovative and look to the experts, they often prefer play it safe with conventional and sometimes inappropriate solutions.

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Your Employees Don't ''Get'' Your Brand

John H. Fleming, Dan Witters

This Gallup survey draws attention to the gap between the companies' brand promise and how employees perceive it.

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The CEO's Role In Business Model Reinvention

Vijay Govindarajan, Chris Trimble

Reconsider the organizational structure to support innovation.

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The Frontline Advantage

Fred Hassan

A few precautions to take when you want to empower front-line managers and employees in your organization.

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