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The Hourglass Blog: The Chief Detail Officer

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It is the person responsible for finding small things that cost little that have tremendous impact and making sure they are done right and consistently. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2006. TED Talk Videos. This isnt the person responsible for coordinating all the details. at 7:00 AM.

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The Hourglass Blog: Internalizing the Externalities

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Internalize the externalities yourself, or society will internalize them for you, at much higher cost. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2006. TED Talk Videos. For me , his last line says it all. Communication. Encore Careers. For-Profit vs. Non-Profit. Generation Basics. Generation Jones.

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The Hourglass Blog: Do You Want Your Members to Be "Smart" or.

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In it, he dissects the difference between customers who know how much your services really cost (referring to them as "smart" customers) and those who dont (referring to them as "stupid"), and shares experiences hes had with companies that charge "stupid" customers much higher prices than "smart" ones. It must be really expensive."

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The Hourglass Blog: Learning Innovation from the Mayo Clinic

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Born in 2006 as the brainchild of Dr. Nick LaRusso, the CFI was first called the SPARC Lab (with the acronym standing for its methodology: see, plan, act, refine, and communicate). Any way you slice that, that takes time, people and money--above and beyond what the 20% time is costing. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials.

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The Hourglass Blog: You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had

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In very practical terms, business models designed for the loss of control may well deliver greater value while incurring lower costs. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Daring to Lead 2006. TED Talk Videos. After all, among other problems, control is expensive. Communication. Encore Careers. Governance.

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The Hourglass Blog: The GenX Bridge

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The task force I’m working with may have to get grudging approval from the Board to try a handful of “radical” educational techniques that cost little or nothing and demonstrate that these techniques engage young professionals more than the old-fashioned way. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials.

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The Hourglass Blog: Only Xers Care about Work/Life Balance

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Like a lot of articles about generations in the workplace, this one calls X out as being particularly motivated--to a degree not seen in Boomers or Millennials--by a quest for "work/life balance." Theres a reason why work/life balance is a particular concern of Xers and not Boomers or Millennials. When I read that it hit me.