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Finance Can Be a Noble Profession (Yes, Really)

Harvard Business

When I ask students graduating from Harvard Business School what they’re doing next, I often get some version of “I’m going into finance but…” Then they quickly explain that finance is just a way station on the route to nobler goals. These are rich questions that do not yield to simple analysis.

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Uber Is Finally Realizing HR Isn’t Just for Recruiting

Harvard Business

By early 2016 there were 20 HR business partners, covering almost 6,000 employees. But with the departures of a number of high-level HR leaders in late 2016, head of operations Ryan Graves largely took on the head HR role in addition to his other duties.

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Two Powerful Ways Managers Can Curb Implicit Biases

Harvard Business

” The problem is that, when hiring, evaluating, or promoting employees, we often measure people against our implicit assumptions of what talent looks like — our hidden “template of success.” ” We often perceive being quickly promoted as an indicator of someone’s talent. Small Wins, Big Payoff.

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This Pharma Company Stays Innovative by Doing Two Things

Harvard Business

After extensive assessment, they settled on two initiatives: realigning incentives for employees and systematically introducing outside talent and practices. Roivant was addressing some sobering realities: In 2016, only 22 new drugs were approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the lowest number since 2007.

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Uber’s New CEO Will Have to Win on Two Fronts Simultaneously

Harvard Business

market , and still has a large cash hoard for investment from its last financing round at a valuation of $68 billion, making it the highest-valued unicorn in the history of business. The second common problem of fast-growing companies is revenue growing faster than talent.

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A Survey of 3,000 Executives Reveals How Businesses Succeed with AI

Harvard Business

Total investment (internal and external) in AI reached somewhere in the range of $26 billion to $39 billion in 2016, with external investment tripling since 2013. Even large digital natives such as Amazon and Google have turned to companies and talent outside their confines to beef up their AI skills.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms In New York

Management Consulted

The office is incredibly diverse, with some of the best talent from 35+ countries and folks that speak 29 languages. Their functional areas are analytics, high-end information technology, BPO, healthcare, marketing & sales, media & communication, finance & risk, cyber security & financial services.