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The Challenge of Retaining Startup Talent After an Acquisition

Harvard Business Review

Census Bureau data from 1990 to 2011 that encompasses 230,000 acquired startup workers, the author researched these questions and discovered significantly higher turnover rates among acquired workers compared to regular hires. Why do so many startup employees leave, and how do startup acquisitions impact their careers?

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Summaries of the 50 Best Business Books

Destination Innovation

by Brian Tracy – 2001 Mindset by Carol Dweck – 2006 Go-Giver by Bob Burg and John David Mann – 2007 Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman – 2011 Thrive by Arianna Huffington – 2014 Atomic Habits by James Clear – 2018 The post Summaries of the 50 Best Business Books appeared first on Destination Innovation.

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Options-based Strategy: An Approach for Uncertain Times

The Inovo Group

This is the second in a series of articles about the convergence of strategy and innovation. For more information about the series, and a list of published and upcoming articles, please visit A New Era of Strategy and Innovation. Most strategies are built on specific beliefs about the future. Highlights.

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Overcome the Customer’s Concern – Transfer the Risk

Destination Innovation

Once they gained this insight Hyundai decided on a daring marketing strategy. Source Automotive News May 2011 ). Why are they worried? Because they fear they might lose their jobs and not be able to keep up the payments. They could eliminate the risk for the customer by transferring it to Hyundai. percent to 4.6 percent over that time.

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How NASA Leads Intrapreneurial Innovation

InnovationManagement

Not everyone knows that NASA has embedded crowdsourcing into their strategy and capabilities. But in fact, back in 2011 (after they ran a highly successful crowdsourcing pilot) NASA established the Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI).

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Business Model Innovation Basics Series - Part 2: Why Business Model Innovation Matters

The BMI Lab Blog

The holistic approach of how a company is implementing a strategy and works its way towards its vision is described by the logic of all dimensions of its business model – the WHO, WHAT, HOW and VALUE. In opposition a strategy is a plan to achieve a unique, differentiated positioning over the competition.

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You need a red team, not a red pill

Jeffrey Phillips

Red teams and blue teams originate from the military, where one team takes on the role of an attacker or proposes a strategy and another team seeks to disrupt or destroy the strategy.