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[Competition] Unilever Sustainable Living Young Entrepreneurs Awards

YoungUpstarts

The overall winner was 24-year old Gamal Albinsaid of Indonesia, who addressed two sustainability challenges with one idea: converting the value in household waste into health insurance for low income families. His idea is being turned into a repeatable model in communities throughout Indonesia.

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

YoungUpstarts

The company was already reeling from two Boeing 737 Max crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 passengers in Indonesia and Ethiopia, and forced the company to ground its entire fleet of Max jetliners. One example that surfaced recently involved Boeing, which posted its first full-year loss in more than two decades.

Ethiopia 131
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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford – Week 7

Steve Blank

The first barrier to innovation is the Horizon 1 leadership conundrum. The same is true in most DOD/IC organizations: leadership has been promoted through the ranks for their ability to execute existing programs/missions. Horizon 3 organizations require Horizon 3 leadership (with Horizon 1 second in command.).

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[Interview] Omar L. Harris, Author Of “Leader Board”

YoungUpstarts

So I needed to grow into a leadership capacity myself and test the practices we’d established in other enterprises and cultural contexts before feeling comfortable that the advice would help others. I started writing the book in 2015 after becoming General Manager of a 900-person operation in Indonesia.

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VC Cafe - Untitled Article

VC Cafe

India was a major market for Blackberry (like Indonesia), but the youth segment abandoned RIM for Android. Feature phones such as Nokia Asha still sell very well in the rural and semi-urban markets, largely because of the brand’s historical leadership, after-sales service and durability.

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[Asia] Asian Attitudes Towards Creativity And Education Differ: Adobe Study

YoungUpstarts

The recently concluded Adobe Education Leadership Forum held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia saw the software company unveil the results of an Asia Pacific-wide study entitled ‘ Education, Creativity and Employability ’ that looked at the intersection of creativity and creativity tools in the classroom and its relevance to the modern workforce.

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14 Entrepreneurs Describe The BHAGs (Big Hairy Audacious Goals) For Their Business?

Hearpreneur

I have some personal travel goals as well – I want to build a raft and sail from Indonesia to Papua New Guinea. Thanks to Scott Cuthbert, Safeopedia.com ! #4- 4- Reduce churn rate by half. I am involved in six online business and looking for a seven-figure exit in the next five years. Thanks to Will Hatton, Hotel Jules ! #14-