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Expert Interview Series: Roddy Millar Helps Business Leaders Translate Academic Research to Innovative Leadership

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The research shows that if organizations want to design impactful, emotionally contextual learning events for their employees, they need to create situations that turn up the level of brain awareness. That’s the most effective way to embed real learning and growth. This can be tricky to do in management positions, Millar says.

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Whose Job Is It to Manage Freelancers?

Harvard Business Review

And as part of a contingent staffing strategy, emerging businesses and startups can afford access to outstanding technical experts that would otherwise be cost prohibitive on a full-time basis. But business and government leaders have much to learn about designing their organizations to ensure the full benefits of accessing agile talent.

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I Joined Airbnb at 52, and Here’s What I Learned About Age, Wisdom, and the Tech Industry

Harvard Business Review

In early 2013 cofounder and CEO Brian Chesky approached me after reading my book Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow. First, I quickly learned that I needed to strategically forget part of my historical work identity. Management theorist Peter Drucker was famously curious. That’s when Airbnb came calling.

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What Does an Aspiring Founder Need to Know?

Harvard Business Review

Should Alice go to graduate school, or keep learning on the job? The survey results show that no single management skill stands out above the rest. Respondents indicated that founders need to be management jacks-of-all-trades, so to speak. Cofounders are crucial. And what’s the best way to acquire that know-how?

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What Big Companies Can Learn from the Success of the Unicorns

Harvard Business Review

But is there something about these specific companies that others can learn? The small size of unicorns allows the top management teams to be directly and deeply involved in most of the strategic decisions, which are then implemented through a flat organization.

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Why You May Be Blind to a Good Idea (and What to Do About It)

Harvard Business Review

But, for me, the management takeaway is that since we all see selectively but we don't all select the same things, we can leverage the different ways we slice and dice the world. I'm cofounder of an organization that develops innovative learning practices and technologies.

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What New Team Leaders Should Do First

Harvard Business Review

People form opinions pretty quickly, and these opinions tend to be sticky,” says Michael Watkins, the cofounder of Genesis Advisers and author of the updated The First 90 Days. “If Many managers inherit their teams, which often means they aren’t creating new goals, but clarifying existing ones. The first few weeks are critical.