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HBR attempts to equate the firing process with a most appropriate metaphor: A no-fault divorce. This insert means that as painful as divorce may be at the time, it allows two people to correct a mistake and move on to a more satisfying future. And handled well, termination works the same way. Here’s how to do it right…
Things are looking worrisome for Europe’s financial future. In order to promote the stability of the “euro area”, and the currency itself, president of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, is urging those with decision-making power to calculate a clear response to the new phase the European debt crisis is currently entering. He has called…
America’s shale gas industry has been a huge asset to the American industry as a whole in previous years. Just at a glance, the industry has created hundreds of thousands of jobs and been responsible for producing affordable, much-needed gas. According to a report published recently by the International Energy Agency (IEA), a strong case…
Steve Jobs once said: “Be a Yardstick of Quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected” Therefore a Quality Mind-set will only pervade the organisation when the Leadership actively models the behaviour. Only by living the approach to Quality that they desire can Leaders truly drive the change to a Culture…
“AMAZON.COM: Rewolucyjny model sprzedaży i logistyki”, published in the July 2011 issue of Eurologistics Magazine – in Polish. Download PDF
Bloomberg reports on how the backlash over surging drug prices is starting to take hold. With the average cost of branded cancer drugs doubling over the past decade to about $10,000 per month in the U.S., doctors, insurers and politicians are all moving in different directions to pressure drug-makers on pricing. Cancer doctors, in particular,…
McKinsey & Co tackles the big question on everyone’s lips nowadays: How exactly will the great succession of new technologies such as the Internet, the cloud, big data, robotics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence affect the future of our economy? While we are purposefully creating an intelligence that is external to humans and housed in what…
