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Are you having trouble viewing this email? If so, click here to see it in a web browser. HOME   |   BLOGS   |   THE MAGAZINE   |   BOOKS   |   AUTHORS   |   STORE RSS   |   Mobile Traditional Strategy Is Dead. Welcome to the #SocialEra by Nilofer Merchant Social can be — and in fact, already is — a lot more than media. Buy the ebook "11 Rules for Creating Value in the Social Era." TECHNOLOGY Big Data's Management Revolution Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee How you can learn radically more about your own business. Read more. MANAGING YOURSELF When You Have to Work with Someone You Don't Like Peter Bregman Use this psychological trick when a colleague makes your skin crawl. Read more. RESPONSIBILITY How Workers with Disabilities Solved a Talent Crisis Prasad Kaipa and Meera Shenoy An Indian firm found motivated employees in an unlikely place. Read more. 11 Rules for Creating Value in the Social Era HBR Press Social strategist and insightful blogger Nilofer Merchant argues that "social" is much more than "media." Smart companies are letting social become the backbone of their business models, increasing their speed and flexibility by pursuing openness and fluidity. These organizations don't operate like the powerful "800-pound gorillas" of yesteryear — but instead act more like a herd of 800 gazelles, moving together across a savannah, outrunning the competition. This ebook offers new rules for creating value, leading, and innovating in our rapidly changing world. BOARDS What Europe Can Teach the US About Gender in the Boardroom Sylvia Ann Hewlett Our future needs women at the top. Read more. INNOVATION Creating Robust Early Warning Systems Scott Anthony Put out sensors now, before disruption hits. Read more. MARKETING The Exploding Business of Bartering Tracey Keys and Thomas Malnight Companies are bartering everything from cars to jet fuel to legal services. Read more. ENTREPRENEURSHIP The Middle East, Business, and the Long Term Christopher M. Schroeder Violence and volatility exist, but the region's entrepreneurs give us reason to hope. Read more. COLLABORATION An Unlikely Partnership: When HR and Marketing Join Forces Patricia Nazemetz and Will Ruch If HR is savvy about communication, the entire company benefits. Read more. ADVERTISEMENT MOST POPULAR Why You Need Charisma How Bad Leadership Spurs Entrepreneurship Traditional Strategy Is Dead. Welcome to the #SocialEra What to Do When You Have to Work with Someone You Don't Like Make the Job a Game COMMENT OF THE WEEK "You can't analyze the future, only the past. And the simple assumption of analytical strategy is that the past is a good guide to the future. That is one assumption we can both agree to be flawed. " posted by JACK SPRINGMAN ON "CREATE EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS TO DETECT COMPETITIVE THREATS" JOIN THE DISCUSSION ADVERTISEMENT Introducing Mobile ManageMentor Powered by the proven content of Harvard ManageMentor™ iTunes >>  Android >> UNSUBSCRIBE   |   UPDATE YOUR PROFILE   |   MORE EMAIL NEWSLETTERS   |   PRIVACY POLICY Was this email forwarded to you? If so, sign up to start receiving your own copy. ABOUT THIS MAILING LIST You have received this message because you subscribed to the "Weekly Hotlist" email newsletter from Harvard Business Review. If at any point you wish to remove yourself from this list, change your email address, or sign up for other email newsletters and alerts, please visit the Harvard Business Review Email Newsletter Preference Center. OPT OUT If you do not wish to receive any email messages from Harvard Business Review, click here. ADVERTISE WITH HBR This enewsletter is read by thousands of decision makers every week. Learn more about connecting your brand with this audience. Copyright © 2012 Harvard Business School Publishing, an affiliate of Harvard Business School. All rights reserved. Harvard Business Publishing | 60 Harvard Way | Boston, MA 02163 Customer Service: 800-545-7685 (+1-617-783-7600 outside the U.S. and Canada)