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New Business Designs can be delivered through a Business Ecosystem Approach.

Paul Hobcraft

New Business Design- Empower Your Business Ecosystem. When looking at radically different thinking and design in business, where Ecosystems become central, you need to ask yourself what industries would benefit from such an alternative design and thinking due to the changing complexities and challenges they are facing. Are these pressures in their known and emerging markets posing future threats for businesses and whole market sectors?

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3 Types of Overthinking — and How to Overcome Them

Harvard Business Review

Many people look at overthinking as a monolith, when in fact there are three different types: rumination, future tripping, and overanalyzing. In this article, the author offers guideance on how to spot and handle each of the three types of overthinking. Identifying the type of overthinking you or your team is dealing with is the first step in breaking free from its grasp — and more crucial than ever when the demand for quick yet thoughtful decision-making is high.

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Announcing the Second Edition of Charting Change

Innovation Excellence

Thanks to the popularity of the First Edition of Charting Change, I am privileged and excited to announce the early availability of the Second Edition of Charting Change, my best selling book on planning and executing organizational change and transformation used as a course book by universities around the world.

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It’s Time for Sustainability to Become a Core Part of MBA Programs

Harvard Business Review

Business schools must adapt their curricula in response to the increasing demand for professionals skilled in sustainability and climate change management. This need is driven by evolving global climate disclosure regulations, such as those proposed by the SEC and implemented in California and the EU, mandating corporations to disclose climate-related financial risks and their carbon emissions, including indirect emissions (Scope 3).

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Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data

Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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4 Simple Steps to Becoming Your Own Futurist

Innovation Excellence

An Introduction to the FutureHacking™ methodology by Braden Kelley The starting point for becoming your own futurist is of course to first understand what futurology (or a futurist) is. Then we must also understand what strategic and market foresight are as well. What is Futurology (or a Futurist)?

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Two Factors that Determine When ESG Creates Shareholder Value

Harvard Business Review

The paper “Corporate Sustainability: First Evidence on Materiality,” published in 2016, marked a significant shift in perceptions of corporate sustainability. It demonstrated that focusing on financially material ESG (environmental, social, and governance) factors positively impacts portfolio returns and shareholder value. Despite its influence in popularizing ESG investing, the topic remains controversial with mixed academic consensus and political debate in the U.S.

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Best Buy’s Hubert Joly on Re-Defining Your Company’s Purpose

Harvard Business Review

If you’re interested in the nuts and bolts of turn-around strategy, this episode is for you.

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Uncovering Innovation in China’s Liquid Bandage Market with Big Data

Yet2

Introduction: Recently, a Global Consumer Healthcare company approached yet2 with the goal of gaining a comprehensive understanding of the liquid bandage market in China. Regulatory changes in China around Class I and Class II medical devices required brands to re-examine where their products were placed from a regulatory standpoint. As a result of the evolving regulatory landscape, yet2 was asked to identify the in-license or buy-brand-sell opportunities for liquid bandage manufacturers in Chin

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The Science of Making Truthful AI

Harvard Business Review

What does it take to build truthful and verifiable AI?

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Stories Provide Emotional Transport for Ideas!

Rmukesh Gupta

Stories are powerful because they provide emotional transport to ideas. Emotions, specially strong one’s, have the ability to leave their imprints on our psyche. So, if we are in the business of spreading ideas or innovation, we need to get better at telling stories. If we are in the business of building influence, we need to get better at telling stories.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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From the U.S. Senate to Diplomacy—John Kerry’s Leadership Lessons

Harvard Business Review

How to wield influence, recover from defeat, and stay focused on long-term goals.

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Change is not a choice. But it is a challenge.

BPI Thought Leadership Commentary

The perils of poor change management: What we can learn from three of the biggest company change disasters. A 2021 Fortune study stated 85 percent of companies are accelerating their transformations. That’s a lot of change. Ironically, although change is the only constant, the 80 percent failure rate of change initiatives hasn’t budged for decades.

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