Wed.May 08, 2024

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Achieve Excellence: Transforming High Potential Leader Development through Experiential Intelligence

Leapfrogging

Understanding Experiential Intelligence for Leadership Development Experiential Intelligence (XQ) is increasingly recognized as a powerful driver in shaping effective leaders. For high-potential individuals poised to become the future’s key decision-makers, XQ can be a transformative element in their development. What is Experiential Intelligence?

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How to Present to an Audience That Knows More Than You

Harvard Business Review

What happens when you have to give a presentation to an audience that might have some professionals who have more expertise on the topic than you do? While it can be intimidating, it can also be an opportunity to leverage their deep and diverse expertise in service of the group’s learning. And it’s an opportunity to exercise some intellectual humility, which includes having respect for other viewpoints, not being intellectually overconfident, separating your ego from your intellect, and being wi

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Unleashing the Power of Experiential Intelligence (XQ) in Leadership Training Programs

Leapfrogging

Understanding Experiential Intelligence (XQ) The concept of Experiential Intelligence (XQ) is increasingly gaining recognition in the sphere of leadership development. It represents a pivotal competency for leaders who wish to thrive in dynamic business environments. What is Experiential Intelligence? Experiential Intelligence (XQ) refers to the ability to make insightful decisions and lead effectively based on the synthesis of past experiences.

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Using Data to Design Your Hybrid Work Policies

Harvard Business Review

We’ve seen how fully remote work can lead to a loss of connection and development opportunities, particularly those that require observational learning, or learning by watching someone else do it. However, people still want to work from home at least some of the time because of the greater work-life balance and personal productivity that they experience.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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Transforming Leadership: The Power of Experiential Intelligence in Development

Leapfrogging

Understanding Experiential Intelligence in Leadership Development What is Experiential Intelligence? Experiential Intelligence (XQ) refers to the ability to understand and apply past experiences to new and complex situations. It encompasses the skills and insights a person acquires through active engagement and reflection on real-world challenges. In the context of leadership, XQ involves utilizing hands-on knowledge to make informed decisions, inspire innovation, and navigate the intricacies of

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How Ajay Banga can successfully reform the World Bank

Christensen Institute

New presidents taking the helm at the world’s most premier development institution, the World Bank, have always tried to reform the large organization. Consider the past three. On his first day on the job in June, 2023, Ajay Banga, the bank’s 14th and current president, wrote to the bank’s 16,000 staff, “Making good on our ambition will require us to evolve to maximize resources and write a new playbook, to think creatively, take informed risks and forge new partnerships with civil society

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Cultivating a Thriving Culture for Innovation: A Practical Leadership Approach

Cris Beswick

Innovation has often been treated as a cyclical phenomenon, eagerly embraced during prosperous times and relegated to the sidelines during economic downturns. However, in today’s globalised business landscape, where geographic boundaries and market barriers are rapidly disintegrating, a company’s innovation ability has become a constant imperative rather than a passing trend.

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Innovation Friction Risks and Pitfalls

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Howard Tiersky There’s a lot to be learned about innovation by looking at good ideas that just didn’t make it. We’d all like to believe that if we have an idea that genuinely improves upon something, and if we execute that idea correctly, the idea will be successful.

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Good Leadership

Rmukesh Gupta

I found this note and a bottle of perfume in my hotel room, given as a gift by the housekeeper, one with whom I had a short interaction. I don’t know if this was something that he did on his own or was asked to do this as part of a process. Irrespective of that, I felt good. I wrote a thank you note, told the cashier when I was checking out, shared this story with at least 10 of my colleagues and now I am sharing it here.

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Podcasting for learning—and an antidote to screen time?

Christensen Institute

This piece was coauthored with Daniel Curtis. If video killed the radio star, then podcasting is resurrecting it. The medium has exploded in recent years. Now, it seems like everyone has a podcast—including us, the authors of this piece. Until recently, the young medium had mostly catered to a grown-up audience. But the kids have started catching on.

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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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What’s Behind the Success of Some Tech Start-Ups?

Harvard Business Review

Their corporate culture often focuses on unconventional solutions to hard business problems.

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Introducing Next-Gen AI-Enhanced Innovation Management – Video

Qmarkets

Hear from our clients from a leading global software company as they share key learnings about how to lead an enterprise innovation program successfully. Drawing on their own experience of launching and running Qmarkets platform, you'll discover a wealth of best practices and insights to guide you to innovation success at your own organization.

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When Your Star Employee Leaves

Harvard Business Review

How to help your team cope with the shock, sadness, and stress.

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Succession Troubles at Starbucks

Michael Roberto

Source: zeebiz Last week, Starbucks announced disappointing financial results. The stock dropped 12% in after-hours trading on Tuesday, April 30th when Starbucks announced a 2% decline in sales and a 15% decrease in earnings relative the second quarter last year. Former CEO Howard Schultz decided to comment on the subpar performance through a LinkedIn post.

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.