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The Universality of Leadership: Challenging Industry-Specific Biases

Tullio Siragusa

By 2012, Ford reported a $5.7 Leaders with high EI recognize and manage emotions — theirs and others. Leaders with high EI recognize and manage emotions — theirs and others. Such skills lead to genuine relationships, efficient conflict management, and a positive work environment.

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Organizational Design: Clearing the Runway for Collaboration and Breakthrough Thinking

Innovation Excellence

When computers and machinery became more practical for industry starting in the 1960s, “lights out” management practices started to creep into business and factories. International management and business consultant and author Hans Peter Bech put it best when he said, “It’s always people first…then the rest will follow.”

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Culture of Innovation Video and Case Study: Cambia Health Solutions Transforms the Health Care Landscape Through Innovation

Planview

Cambia companies provide a wide range of products and services, including healthcare information technology and software development, retail healthcare, health insurance plans that carry the Blue Cross and Blue Shield brand, life insurance, pharmacy benefit management, consumer engagement, and wellness. The Challenge.

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What is design thinking and how can it help you innovate?

hackerearth

Leaders and managers can design the way they lead, manage, innovate, and create. A popular misconception is that design thinking is riskier than the traditional business approach that managers take to solve a problem. Design thinking is not just for products; the concept can be applied to the workplace itself.

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Are We Taking the “U” Out of UX?

Boxes and Arrows

Searches for ‘design thinking’, December 2012-June 2017 (Source: Google Trends). The split of the design teams into researchers and designers might be hampering effective software development. To truly understand the user, designers need to develop empathy.

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A Day in the Life of a Software Engineer at Planview

Planview

Our team, together with our QA, surrounding teams, product managers, project managers and so forth all use agile methods (our whole company uses agile methods, actually!). Roni Lev, 2012. How do you manage your work/life balance? Not a software developer? Constant harmony hinders growth.