Thu.Dec 14, 2023

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How to Create Your Own “Year in Review”

Harvard Business Review

While the reality of work can feel especially overwhelming at the end of the year, reflection is the key to doing things differently in the year to come. Taking the time to pause and review your year increases your self-awareness and provides insights to improve. The authors present three steps to conduct your own learning “year in review.

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Are microschools the future of education?

Christensen Institute

Microschools have become a hot topic over the last few years. Their big appeal is that they promise to do a better job catering to students’ and families’ individual needs and interests. But right now, they only serve about 2% to 4% of US students. So, could microschools eventually become the new normal in schooling? Well, let’s see what innovation theory has to say about this question.

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5 Forces That Will Drive the Adoption of GenAI

Harvard Business Review

Today there’s a lot of hype around generative AI — and a lot of risk. In the face of uncertainty and inflated expectations, Gartner research has identified five forces that will keep the pressure on executives to keep learning, testing, and investing in the technology: 1) Board and CEO expectations; 2) Customer expectations; 3) Employee expectations; 4) Regulatory expectations; and 5) Investor expectations.

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Adapting Your Business For A New Generation

Innovation Excellence

The Zero Consumer Revolution GUEST POST from Shep Hyken There’s a new type of customer in town, and you need to know and understand them. McKinsey has coined the term Zero Consumer, defined as a consumer who shops across different channels, expects excellent service (including fast shipping) and sustainable products.

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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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3 Ways Men Can Advance Gender Equity at Work

Harvard Business Review

While workplace culture continues to lag behind in gender equity, the majority of men report that they overwhelmingly care about the issue. So why aren’t more of them involved, be it in company-sponsored gender diversity initiatives or in advancing gender equity in general? There are three main barriers that seem to be holding them back. For men to join in the effort toward gender equity, male organizational leaders need to acknowledge fear, address ignorance, and overcome apathy — and, just as

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How Can Tech Leaders Help Shape a Better World? By Doing These 3 Things

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Tech leaders play a pivotal role in shaping society by making value-driven choices — like these three.

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Video Spots for Lehigh Valley Health Network Build On ‘Your Health Deserves a Partner’ Positioning 

Brunner

In response to increasing competition, two charming videos highlight LVHN’s longstanding commitment to kids’ healthcare Overview: In early 2023, Lehigh Valley Health Network wanted to solidify its brand awareness due to growing competition for children’s health care in its service area, a 10-county region in eastern Pennsylvania. The Brunner team developed two video spots, one capturing tender moments between a new mom with her baby girl and the other sharing humorous scenes of a tee

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5 Ways to Reimagine Your Previous Innovative Efforts

BrainZooming

Revisiting the past provides a prime opportunity to resurface previous work and discover new benefits. One key to doing this successfully? Approaching it in a structured fashion so that looking backward for innovation doesn’t become a celebration of old ways of doing things which make no strategic sense.

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What Is a Balanced Scorecard + How to Drive Improvement? | KaiNexus

Kainexus

The Balanced Scorecard is a management framework that combines traditional financial metrics with strategic measures to give managers a more complete view of business performance. The approach rests on the premise that many business measurement schemes are weighted too heavily toward financial performance and ignore other strategically important, but often more challenging to measure, priorities.

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Are companies doing enough to reduce CO2 emissions?

Wellspring

According to a recent Ipsos report , 59% of people think that companies aren’t working hard enough to combat climate change. And 71% believe businesses “use environmental claims without committing to real change at least occasionally.” This is despite the fact that in recent years, corporations have lined up – one after another – announcing big public commitments to combating climate change.

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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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RevelX Innovation Webinar: Unleashing the Power of Trend Management

Qmarkets

In this webinar hosted by Qmarkets partner and growth specialists RevelX, Qmarkets' Carol Wright joins Matthijs Rosman to discuss corporate venturing. Watch the webinar for an introduction to corporate venturing, it's key steps and challenges, and to discover how innovation scouting software can help enterprise companies to discover and leverage technologies, startups, solutions and more.

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