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The Creativity Crisis: It’s Getting Worse

Idea to Value

Making test scores as the measure of success fosters students’ competition and narrows their goals, such as getting rich, while decreasing their empathy and compassion for those in need. In “ The Creativity Crisis (2011) ” I reported that American creativity declined from the 1990s to 2008. Narrowing visions.

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Workplace Conflict: Statistics That Reveal Its Cost

CMOE

For example, a 2008 international study by CPP Global (the publisher of the Myers-Briggs Assessment) defined conflict as “any workplace disagreement that disrupts the flow of work.” But notice that healthy, positive conflict can include: Competition that motivates people to work harder toward goals. Verbal abuse. Harassment.

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CPG Industry Innovation

eZassi

They also look to outside ideas in competitions like the P&G Ventures Innovation Challenge, sharing the stage of ideation with promising startups. Following the competition and battling over market share is not a viable strategy. CPG brands that learn from the past can possibly find competitive leverage in the future.

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The Innovation Intensity needed in the Energy Transition

Paul Hobcraft

The recent reporting back on the development of the energy transition we are undertaking seems depressing reading. Those that become “first movers” can gain significant competitive positions. One really critical source of reference for tracking clean energy progress comes from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

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How much is innovation costing your organization?

Innovation 360 Group

Ultimately, the market evolved to support a declining price based on competitive price pressures, and that is good for everyone. Much like our discussion above regarding competitors, companies who take advantage of the “network” of customers can sometimes harvest significant competitive advantage. Penker (2008-2011).

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When Pundits Say That Robots Will Take Our Jobs, Remember These 4 Things

Innovation Excellence

That comes on the heels of a 2017 report from the McKinsey Global Institute that found that 51% of total working hours and $2.7 Yet the number of lawyers in the US has increased by 15% since 2008 and it’s not hard to see why. So training tellers to process transactions efficiently was a key competitive trait.

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A brief history of work, innovation and skills in the UK

Wazoku

1880s and 1890s – Efforts to raise productivity A growing concern about the standard of Britain’s labour force, particularly when compared with Germany and the other industrial nations, led to a rise in an emphasis on training to increase productivity and competitiveness. What skills will be needed for the future of work?