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Managing Generation Y

Himanshu Sharma — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:00:00 +0000

The newest generation to hit the workforce is self-assured, has high aspirations, and can get very impatient with the way business has been traditionally done. They aren’t gunning for your job, but their lack of interest in middle management means Boomers risk leaving behind a vacuum as they retire. Harvard Business blogger Tammy Erickson says we can learn from Gen Y — their focus on immediacy can help speed up the pace of business — and has some stern words of warning for overly protective parents.

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About Tamara J. Erickson:
Tamara J. Erickson (Tammy) is both a respected, McKinsey Award-winning author and popular and engaging storyteller. Her compelling views of the future are based on extensive research on changing demographics and employee values and, most recently, on how successful organizations work. Well-grounded and academically rigorous, fundamentally optimistic, Tammy’s work discerns and describes interesting trends in our future and provides actionable counsel to help both organizations and individuals prepare today. She is a member of nGenera Inc.

Tammy has co-authored four Harvard Business Review articles: “It’s Time to Retire Retirement” (March 2004), winner of the McKinsey Award, “Managing Middlescence” (March 2006), “What It Means to Work Here,” (March 2007), and “Eight Ways to Build Collaborative Teams,” (November 2007), as well as the book Workforce Crisis: How to Beat the Coming Shortage of Skills and Talent, published by Harvard Business School Press (2006). She has also co-authored an MIT Sloan Management Review article, “Bridging Faultlines in Diverse Teams,” (Summer 2007). She also authored one of Harvard Business Review’s Breakthrough Ideas for 2008, “Task, Not Time,” (February 2008).

Dangers of Blogging… for Men

Himanshu Sharma — Sun, 18 May 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Investor and prankster Yossi Vardi delivers a careful lecture on the dangers of blogging. Specifically, for men.

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About Yossi Vardi:
Joseph “Yossi” Vardi has helped more than 40 startups see the light of day, among them Mirabilis (makers of ICQ) and the video companies Scopus and BrightCove. He’s a strategic advisor to Amazon and AOL, and a venture partner of Pitango, one of Israel’s largest VC funds.

He’s a lively presence in the world of tech startups, with an absurd sense of humor and a refreshing set of values (restated in a much-commented-on TechCrunch post in October) that drive his approach to new investments. The takeaways: Judge the individual over the business plan; and don’t shy away from an entrepreneur who has failed before: “It makes them want to win even more,” he said.

Blogging Means Business

Himanshu Sharma — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

IBM executives Harriet Pearson and Willy Chiu discuss the power of building communities in the marketplace.

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Innovation in Deloitte

Himanshu Sharma — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Gary Coleman, DTT Manufacturing Industry Group Leader speaks of innovation in Deloitte. Recently voted by member firm clients in Australia as the most innovative professional services firm, as part of Business Review Weekly’s St. George Bank professional services client award, Deloitte Australia’s innovation program has become a beacon for clients seeking a trigger to supercharge growth. Inspired by the success of the initial program in Deloitte Southern Africa, Deloitte Australia encourages its people to explore innovative ways to grow business for clients; to think of new products and services for the market; and to make improvements in internal processes and service delivery.

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Deloitte United States has begun a similar program called “Innovation Quest,” which has also been fostering a culture of innovation. All ideas submitted to Innovation Quest are reviewed, added to an “Idea Bank” and posted to a blog. Ideas recommended for further exploration are offered R&D support and resources to create a preliminary business case. If an idea is ultimately recommended for implementation, its contributors also receive a monetary award.