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Combatting the Stress and Burnout Epidemic in the Workplace

Business and Tech

When I launched Thrive Global in November of 2016, the topics of stress, burnout, and employee well-being were still on the fringes of our conversations about work. Companies are aware that human qualities like focus, empathy, collaboration, and resilience are critical to being able to thrive in times of uncertainty and disruption.

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11 female innovation leaders share their definition of innovation

Idea to Value

In 2016, I wrote the article What is innovation? I have also since seen a mounting amount of scientific research showing how women do not even get the same credit for their creativity or innovation work as if a man were to suggest the same idea. Creativity strategist Natalie Nixon is “the creativity whisperer for the C-Suite”.

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Thought Leader and Influencer Interview with Aruna Ravichandran, SVP & Chief Marketing and Customer Officer for Webex, Cisco

Thinkers360 - Thought Leader Interviews

She has authored two pioneering books on DevOps: DevOps for Digital Leaders and The Kitty Hawk Venture , and earned numerous awards including: Top 100 The Most Influential Women in Silicon Valley 2016 by the San Jose Business Journal, and Most Powerful and Influential Woman Award by the National Diversity Council in 2016.

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10 Technology Driven Hard Trends Shaping 2016

Daniel Burrus

Many of the themes that we have witnessed here in 2015 will gather pace next year and continue to enable or disrupt your business depending on how prepared they are for the Hard Trends on the horizon. In this article, I’ll highlight ten technology-driven Hard Trends that I would like you to spend time thinking about and better yet, act on.

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Key Innovation Issues for 2016 and Beyond

Integrative Innovation

In the course of this first month of 2016, I was asked a couple of times what my prospects are for the year ahead when it comes to key innovtion issues. Accelerating dynamics and pace of disruption in most industries, in particular triggered by the pervasion of new technologies, lead to decreasing life times of existing business models.

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Titans of Transformation: 5 Outstanding Examples of Innovation in Business

Qmarkets

When it comes to disruption on the modern business landscape, company size is no safeguard. What’s more, it’s estimated that digital disruption will wipe out 40% 2 of today’s Fortune 500 companies in the coming decade. Amazon: Harmonizing Disruptive and Incremental Disruption With the Element of Speed.

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When Disruption Becomes Destructive: How Can Financial Services Companies Close the Innovation Gap?

Qmarkets

Small, fast-moving start-ups are revolutionizing the global landscape with creative market-responsive solutions that are becoming increasingly accepted and utilized. trillion (2016) according to a white paper by Oliver Wyman , a leading global management consulting firm. The Key to Penetrative Disruption. trillion to $1.0