Dates covered: August 26-September 1, 2019 (week 35 of 52) Business What It Takes to Hire 10 Employees in San Francisco (via The Software Mentor) Silicon Valley can be its own microcosm of the tech landscape, and this article described…
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Professional Development – 2019 – Week 34
Dates covered: August 19-25, 2019 (week 34 of 52) Business 181 Top CEOs Have Realized Companies Need a Purpose Beyond Profit (via Harvard Business Review) The tides may be turning on Milton Friedman’s era of “shareholder capitalism”. Modern CEOs are…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 33
Dates covered: August 12-18, 2019 (week 33 of 52) Business The One Thing You Need to Know About Managing Functions (via Harvard Business Review) Business units are often at odds with managing function (e.g., IT, HR, R&D, finance) and you’ll…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 32
Dates covered: August 5-11, 2019 (week 32 of 52) Business The 8 Ways Companies Get Work Done, and How to Align Them (via Harvard Business Review) Eight sources of labor: employees, independent contractors, gig workers, outsources, alliances with other companies,…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 31
Dates covered: July 29-August 4, 2019 (week 31 of 52) Business How to Do Strategic Planning Like a Futurist (via Harvard Business Review) Companies need to simultaneously think tactics and strategy, short- and long-term. The article closes with an example…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 30
Dates covered: July 22-28, 2019 (week 30 of 52) Business Why Innovation Labs Fail, and How to Ensure Yours Doesn’t (via Harvard Business Review) Lack of alignment with the business — you need some separation, but also direction for vision,…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 29
Dates covered: July 15-21, 2019 (week 29 of 52) Business The Case for Hiring More Full-Time Workers (via Harvard Business Review) Many people are taking part in the gig economy; however, this work typically lacks health insurance, unemployment protections, and…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 28
Dates covered: July 8-14, 2019 (week 28 of 52) Business Building a Startup That Will Last (via Harvard Business Review) Articulate a value framework oriented toward societal impact, not just financial achievement Demonstrate the ability to execute second and third…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 27
Dates covered: July 1-7, 2019 (week 27 of 52) Business The Upside of Losing Innovative Employees to Competitors (via Harvard Business Review) The article focuses on R&D employees, so your mileage may vary. The relationship between companies isn’t binary, and…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 26
Dates covered: June 24-30, 2019 (week 26 of 52) Business What Startup Employees Can Teach the Rest of Us About Work (via Harvard Business Review) “Where stability and long-term planning were once the mark of a sound strategy, adaptability is…