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Inverting the Paradox of Excellence
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Inverting the Paradox of Excellence

by Vivek Kale
July 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
442 pages
21h 44m
English
Productivity Press
Content preview from Inverting the Paradox of Excellence
215Dimension of Variations
innovation does not come naturally to the rm but has to be sustained through a concerted effort of
all the members of the enterprise.
Microsoft sustains this atmosphere of innovation through a stafng strategy consisting of three
crucial components: hiring very smart people, maintaining a loose operating structure, and orga-
nizing workers in small, intense, task-oriented groups. One crucial component of the strategy is
Microsoft’s investment in intellectual talent. Since a software company is foremost a provider of
solutions for people’s information problems, hiring the brightest people has several benets: smarter ...
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