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What Happens When Leaders Forget The Culture That Made Their Company Great?

YoungUpstarts

When you start straying from the practices that got you where you are, you run the risk of making decisions that will cost you in the long run. Financial concerns get the focus while management figures, incorrectly, that culture will just work itself out. In the end, the McDonnell Douglas culture prevailed.

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11 Compelling TED Talks On Money

YoungUpstarts

It’s going to take a bit of time and even more money, but this former World Bank economist shares a strategy to forge a commodities market in Ethiopia, with the ultimate goal of creating a sustainable society. Eleni Gabre-Madhin: Ethiopian economics. Pavan Sukhdev: Put a value on nature. Seth Priebatsch: The game layer on top of the world.

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“It’s hard to convey the impact seeing the work in person has on people” – Charity: Water’s Scott Harrison on Making a Difference

Hunter Walker

It’s still early days, but we launched a program called “ Pipeline ” and have now deployed 1,000 remote sensors in Ethiopia which are giving us not only functionality reports, but telling us exactly how many liters of clean water are flowing every day. The sensor costs only about $100, and can protect a $10,000+ asset.

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“It’s hard to convey the impact seeing the work in person has on people” – Charity: Water’s Scott Harrison on Making a Difference

Hunter Walker

It’s still early days, but we launched a program called “ Pipeline ” and have now deployed 1,000 remote sensors in Ethiopia which are giving us not only functionality reports, but telling us exactly how many liters of clean water are flowing every day. The sensor costs only about $100, and can protect a $10,000+ asset.