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Reparations from France should go to Haitian entrepreneurs, not the government

Christensen Institute

By 2004, revenues had reached $614 million. Good leadership is not enough. . By 2004, revenues had reached $614 million. The New York Times report on Haiti is convincing. In just six years, Celtel was able to build operations in 13 African countries and gained 5.2 million customers. million customers.

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The 5 Ways Chairman Lampert Destroyed Sears’ Value

Adam Hartung

USAToday alerted investors that when Sears Holdings reports results 2/25/16 they will be horrible. For most investors, employees and suppliers this report could easily be confused with many others the last few years, as the story is always the same. In 2004 Sears had a LOT of assets. Revenues down another 8.7% vs. last year.

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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). Leadership Insights 1. Only by shifting how your people think about innovation and by letting the cream rise to the top will you achieve such breakthrough leadership.

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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). Leadership Insights. Only by shifting how your people think about innovation and by letting the cream rise to the top will you achieve such breakthrough leadership.

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Why Business Strategy Shouldn’t Be “Scientific”

Innovation Excellence

In 2004, I was leading a major news organization during the Orange Revolution in Ukraine. When I interviewed people involved in the business cases, I found that they shared some important features with political and social movements that weren’t reported in the case studies. Why Business Case Studies Are Flawed.

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Great to Good

IdeaSpies

Jack Ma (2000), Jeff Bezos (2003), Mark Zuckerberg (2004), Reed Hastings (2007), Brian Chesky (2008), Travis Kalanick (2009), Anthony Tan (2012). Leadership Insights 1. Only by shifting how your people think about innovation and by letting the cream rise to the top will you achieve such breakthrough leadership.