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September 02, 2013 Steve Ballmer's Big Lesson for the Rest of Us By Julia Kirby Innovation is now the be-all and end-all in every industry.

Information & technology To Go from Big Data to Big Insight, Start with a Visual by Sinan Aral. Visualization by Nikolaos Hanselmann Lessons on making data useful from inside The New York Times. Career planning Constructing Your Career Castle by Sylvia Ann Hewlett How mentors and sponsors can help. Diversity Is Bias Fixable? by Nilofer Merchant It's time to admit that none of us see each other as we really are. Managing people How to Manage Someone You Don't Like by Amy Gallo First off, don't assume your dislike is a bad thing. Entrepreneurship The Problems with Incubators, and How to Solve Them by Sramana Mitra Financing isn't success, and office space isn't value. Social media Can Social Media Make Customers More Civilized? by Michael Schrage The same platforms that make complaints go viral can also expose unflattering customer excess. Global business America's Brand with Frontier Entrepreneurs by Jonathan Berman Founders and CEOs abroad still admire the United States. Gender Women Don't Need to Lead Better Than Men. They Need to Lead Differently. by Debora Spar It's time to approach diversity as more than an abstract theory.

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