Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

A common piece of developmental feedback is the need to move from tactical to strategic thinking. But what does that look like? The author, who has coached thousands of leaders to help develop their strategic thinking capabilities, has identified three core behaviors to work on: acumen (thinking), allocation (planning), and action (doing).

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Strategic Thinking How To Learning Strategy 134

Entrepreneur - Innovation

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Jim Jannard's relentless pursuit of excellence reminds us that the spirit of innovation, determination, and responsibility can truly change the world.

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Learning Change Innovation 110

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Project managers who aspire to be CEOs are often surprised to learn that their skills, while highly valuable, do not directly align with those needed for positions of executive leadership. Why isn’t successful management of high-stakes projects and organizational resources sufficient to ascend to the top ranks of the business? In this article, the author explores the subtle, yet significant, differences in career trajectories of PMs and CEOs as well as nine attributes PMs should develop to incre

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Project Management Leadership Resources 130

Innovation Excellence

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

GUEST POST from David Burkus Our world requires collaboration. Just about every job now requires collaborating on teams and every employee’s calendar is full of evidence of collaboration. In one study, up to 85% of participants’ work weeks were spent working in direct collaboration or a result of collaboration with a team.

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Collaboration Study Leadership 80

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.

Data

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

We are moving towards a new digital landscape where genuine human content is increasingly rare commodity. And, as we all know from Economics 101, its value should therefore rise. This calls for a rethink of the incentives and economics surrounding human-generated content. The real bottleneck in generative AI might not be computation capacity or model parameters, but our unique human touch.

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Generative AI Creativity Artificial Inteligence Data 125

Christensen Institute

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In July 2023, our team published “ People-powered pathways: Lessons in how to build students’ social capital through career-connected learning.” In the report, we describe successes and challenges in bringing social capital–building strategies to a variety of educational settings. Our observations draw from an 18-month pilot during which we leveraged our social capital playbook to provide direct support to a group of three intermediary organizations—Education Strategy Group, Generation Schools N

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Groups Exercises Engagement Learning 78

IM Insights

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

About the Episode Elijah Eilert is talking to Peter LePiane about innovation within large organizations. Part 2 of the podcast explores various aspects of innovation related decision-making. Peter opens up about his background in science and computer science, his Startup journey and how he nearly founded Airbnb and Shopify. He introduces Estimatic, his latest venture, software designed to model uncertain projects and ideas.

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Learning Analysis Agile Software Engineering 52

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

We know that creativity can lead to better products or services. But can it also help us get along with each other at work? A research study set out to answer this question and found that, indeed, when people are put in a position to be creative, they tend to view others more fondly because they recollect each person’s unique contributions to the process.

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Creativity Collaboration Study Groups 115

Idea Champions

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

If you are looking for a dynamic keynote speaker who knows how to jump start conferences with style, wisdom, and positive energy, Mitch Ditkoff is your man. Easy to work with, customer-focused, and highly experienced, he knows how to engage even the most curmudgeonly of audiences. Take a look at what a sampling of his clients, from a wide range of industries, have to say about the impact he's had on their conferences.

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Conference Culture of Innovation Engagement Creativity 26

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Professor and author Richard Boyatzis takes questions from listeners who are struggling to keep their teams engaged.

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How To Engagement Culture Leadership 96

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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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In order to attract new customers across South America, private asset management firm Capital SAFI strengthened its governance.

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Strategy Strategy Management 83

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Discrimination and bias have influenced the development of artificial intelligence. How can we account for that as we implement AI?

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Artificial Inteligence Learning Disruption Technology 73

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Sponsor content from Unisys.

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Artificial Inteligence Learning Management 98

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Small talk may be more important than you think.

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Management 73

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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