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The Universality of Leadership: Challenging Industry-Specific Biases

Tullio Siragusa

When he took the reins at Ford in 2006, the company was facing dire financial straits. Under Mulally’s strategic vision and the “One Ford” plan, he streamlined brands, globalized the company’s operations, and renewed focus on innovative car designs. Leaders with high EI recognize and manage emotions — theirs and others.

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Crowdsourcing vs crowdfunding – what’s the difference?

Wazoku

Crowdsourcing was coined in 2006 by Wired writer Jeff Howe who defined it as taking a task traditionally performed by an employee and outsourcing it to an undefined, sometimes large group of people. Crowdsourcing first became popular among software developers: open sourced code was a way for companies to more quickly develop software.

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User experience: ROI and methods to measure your investment in UX

mjvinnovation

Companies like Amazon have built real empires from customer needs – paying specific attention to constant satisfaction monitoring. Even in the face of this reality, it still takes a good deal of convincing to make all the stakeholders of a company understand the impacts of UX projects. Is UX worth the investment? This is crucial.