Most remarkably, Mikitani, a graduate of Hitotsubashi University whose first job was with Industrial Bank of Japan (now Mizuho Bank) that sent him to Harvard for an MBA in 1993, has been driving his company to realize his global business vision.
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Schneck is also going after the vision business, laying claim to the treatment of contact lens surfaces, which determines the gas permeability of soft contacts.
To make social business a reality this year, these consulting firms will have to better organize themselves into a full menu of social business services from helping their customers establish a vision for social business to building adoption and providing enablement, as well as developing metrics and measuring impact.
The trick is to be there, and to have a clear vision and business to capitalize on those seismic shifts.
Lewin, who works with startups and developers worldwide, had much the same perspective, but with a stress on keeping the existing business from developing tunnel vision.
Or the Wayne Gretzky of the business who has the vision to see the new opportunities, and enable others to be great so the team will benefit.
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Young, telegenic and fervent, Agassi was the public face of Better Place, appearing at countless conferences as he enlisted the support of heads of state and business leaders for his vision of weaning the world from oil.
Every sound business initiative begins with a vision accompanied by a solid strategic plan.
Since the 1980s, he has been developing technology to realize his vision of improving business with real-time data.
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What makes Nick Brien so interesting is his vision about the business.
The future of social business lies in the hands of services that support the existing business strategy while sharpening the vision for the future.
The company was reportedly interested in a CEO with a different vision for the business as it looked to tap the growing demand for mobile devices.
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Do you have strong business and political leaders with vision?
Over time, I was able to choose clients and associates who shared my vision of a business in which success would be measured by more than revenue, a business that would help make the world a more humane place.
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She has contributed to Marketplace Report, NPR, The World Vision Report, CNBC Business Radio, and BBC Radio 3.
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The curriculum guides students through the rigors of crafting vision statements, formulating business plans, compiling marketing materials and making elevator pitches.
Studies of business leaders tend to emphasise their vision, drive and ruthlessness.
She has contributed as a national radio reporter to Marketplace Report, NPR, The World Vision Report, CNBC Business Radio, and BBC Radio 3.
The manager makes sure you fulfill the vision and gets the business to its end destination by doing the work of the business on a day-to-day basis.
Business people often move straight from vision to tactics without establishing clear strategies, and they end up with uncoordinated efforts that don't make the best use of important resources.
The plan needs to articulate the problem the business proposes to solve, a vision for how that will be accomplished, and what uniquely qualifies the enterprise to do that.
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But the strategic CIO will use the next several months to collaborate with the CEO in upgrading that tech-centric plan into a broader vision for a sweeping business transformation of the entire enterprise.
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These decisions are far more meaningful and far reaching than even the decision about who plays quarterback because the game of football like modern business is all about leadership, vision and being ahead of your competitors.
Business for me is about bringing a vision to reality and changing the way the world works.
When you are wearing your leadership hat you are setting the vision and direction of your business.
It's a vision that involves taking calculated business risks, not with the quality of the journalism, but with everything else.
She was promoted to Director of Human Resources four months after leaving the rescuing business, and recently presented her strategic vision for HR to the C-Suite.
Tim Schaaff joined Sony Corporation of America in December 2005 and has contributed greatly towards Sony's vision to create a network business that unifies Sony's network entertainment experience across all of its hardware products.
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These top four challenges, if left unsolved, can result in organizations that are slow to create change, projects that are harder to automate, increased tunnel vision among internal organizations, business risk and higher costs of IT operations.
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