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Why Today’s Leaders Need to Be Perpetual Learners

Harvard Business Review

Born to immigrant parents in the Australian outback, he would eventually rise to the top of the corporate world, taking over in 2004 as CEO of Dow Chemical. Andrew Liveris likes to defy expectations.

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Big Tech and Media- The Future?

IdeaSpies

It’s the Big Tech playbook: Bank on Governments being too soft and courts too slow. Social When Facebook launched in 2004, it friended news media promising them access to youth. I recently predicted Microsoft’s valuation will rocket to $4 trillion , and warned news media that the window to do a deal was closing.

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How four market-creating innovations are improving education and employment in Brazil

Christensen Institute

Although the government is doing what it can to fix the problem, progress has been slow. Since 2013, the government has been working to implement a National Education System but education stakeholders continue to disagree on details of the system and how to implement it. Thankfully there is hope. The impact.

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What’s Really Happening with United’s Board?

Adam Hartung

Retired since 2004, is Mr. Bethune really in step with the needs of airline customers today? Bethune’s board seat in 2004 after being appointed President and COO when Mr. Bethune retired. Just vague statements about better governance. But Mr. Bethune is 74 years old.

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On the Origin of Companies

David Marks

Neither is it governed by chance alone. If our traditional retailer made this analysis back in, say, 2004, when web retailing was still in its infancy, it should have recognized that it’s disruptibilty score, was, well, disrupted. Companies who choose to act decisively, can adapt to shifting business environments at will.

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On the Origin of Companies

David Marks

Neither is it governed by chance alone. If our traditional retailer made this analysis back in, say, 2004, when web retailing was still in its infancy, it should have recognized that it’s disruptibilty score, was, well, disrupted. Companies who choose to act decisively, can adapt to shifting business environments at will.

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Great to Good Innovation

IdeaSpies

Jack Ma (2000), Jeff Bezos (2003), Mark Zuckerberg (2004), Reed Hastings (2007), Brian Chesky (2008), Travis Kalanick (2009), Anthony Tan (2012). Dr. Thun Thamrongnawasawat The Iclif Leadership and Governance Centre They were inventors of the 20th Century; many of which gave rise to the said products. Now, how about these?