Month: March 2020

How Autonomy Creates Resilience in the Face of Crisis -

How Autonomy Creates Resilience in the Face of Crisis

One Chinese manufacturing giant quickly rebounded from the coronavirus. Here’s what you can learn from its org chart. The outbreak of COVID-19 has exposed the fragility of the global supply chain and, in turn, many companies’ organizational structures. In their pursuit to become ever more efficient, bear fewer costs, and eliminate redundancies, many organizations have …

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Where Clayton Christensen Taught What Others Could Not -

Where Clayton Christensen Taught What Others Could Not

Harvard Business School professor and businessman, Clayton Christensen, known by many as the “godfather” of disruptive innovation, died in January at the age of 67. “Why do so many great companies fail?” Professor Christensen asked during one of his doctoral seminars. I was one of the dozens of wide-eyed first-year students in the class who …

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Fighting Huawei Distracts From Investing in Real Science -

Fighting Huawei Distracts From Investing in Real Science

How can America regain its technological sovereignty? The big-picture concept, described by White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow, is to have all the U.S. 5G architecture and infrastructure principally supplied by American firms. In this big picture, Finland’s Nokia and Sweden’s Ericsson are included because “they have big U.S. presences.” Kudlow believes in the free market economy and small government, …

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