One wonders if executives at Wal-Mart Stores ever studied the business wisdom of Henry Ford.
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After a week or so of reading on the subject, what struck me is that some of the best wisdom I have gained in business is wisdom that would directly apply to our healthcare system.
While some philanthropists rest on their laurels and the so-called conventional wisdom of business, entrepreneurial philanthropists are making positive impacts at large without restriction nor myopic thinking.
But becoming a successful leader of men and women in a turbulent business world requires maturity and wisdom.
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In some cases, Delta is reducing the number of flights per day but increasing the size of the plane, bucking conventional airline wisdom that held business travelers preferred schedules with very frequent flights.
Recently I wrote about the dangers of relying on conventional wisdom to make critical business decisions.
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Now 47 and chairman of VTech, Wong recalls what was the conventional wisdom in the toy business in the early 1980s.
As their success grows, the passionate and dedicated students who run this project continue to offer pearls of wisdom for the sustainable business community.
At the core is its multistakeholder model that leverages the collective wisdom of leaders from business, government, the media, academia, the arts and civil society by building a global platform for collaboration and action to address priorities on the global agenda.
In business and real life, following conventional wisdom in a hyper-changing world can have serious consequences.
How about in your business: in what ways is conventional wisdom preventing you from pursuing innovative new opportunities and approaches?
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They understand that the beginning of wisdom in academia, as in business in general, is choosing what not to do.
Conventional wisdom says CNN is in the latter business, and doing rather poorly at it.
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Crowdsourcing began as a legitimate tool to leverage the wisdom of the crowds to solve complex business and scientific challenges.
Conventional wisdom posited: Build up your service business and protect the franchise.
As part of that effort, Bush met with a small group of business journalists Tuesday and sounded as certain on the wisdom of his tax-cutting course as he did on Iraq.
Business success is one of the biggest contributors to conventional wisdom.
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British comedy legend Norman Wisdom will talk about his 50 years in show business at London's Barbican Centre, kicking off a festival of his most popular, as well as rare, works.
Trolling around business blogs online for this topic, there is a lot of wisdom for us to consider.
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This rule is bad news for society, which could do with hearing, from time to time, the logical arguments and wisdom built on experience that, at their best, business leaders can bring.
Questioning the wisdom of setting stretch goals is like questioning the very foundation of business.
In a business in which memories tend to be short, that kind of experience and wisdom is hard to find.
If India's political and business leaders could show a little more of the bravery, and especially the wisdom, that Nehru called for in 1947, there would be surer and less nerve-wracking grounds for optimism.
The conventional wisdom here is that competition from streaming is killing off the disc-rental business.
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Jackson had the wisdom to look at low-probability but high-consequence events that could rock his business.
After talking with Roy Williams, and inspired by his wisdom, we began to include our daughter more and more in managing the family real estate business.
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We kept on finding wisdom in the life and career of Steve Jobs, that truly greater-than-life American business and cultural titan.
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The popular wisdom is that they will revolutionize higher education, and possibly even put traditional colleges and universities out of business.
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