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How Ajay Banga can “write a new playbook” and become the World Bank’s most consequential President

Christensen Institute

In fewer than five years, the World Bank has cycled through three Presidents. sits at the helm of the world’s most prominent development institution. sits at the helm of the world’s most prominent development institution. ” How might Ajay Banga write a new playbook for the World Bank?

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Why generalists will become more valuable

Jeffrey Phillips

As we leave the COVID lockdown and the economy picks up steam again, I think many businesses will recognize a need for more generalists on their team. The case for specialization For years, educational systems have focused on turning out students who are increasingly more and more specialized.

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Creating high-performing and faster-moving teams

ImagineNation

It is described as the “blueprint for forward-thinking business leaders and managers that will help them create high-performing and faster-moving teams and companies”. By drawing on the wisdom of their coach to help them manage and lead their people to be more effective in their jobs, and to grow and develop.

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Hackathons simplified

hackerearth

A hackathon , also known as a codefest, is typically a day-long coding competition where a bunch of software developers, computer programmers, designers, and others join hands to improve upon or build a new software program. You learn to partition tasks, share a codebase, and get along the process through good and bad as a team.

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Why business model innovation is so compelling

Jeffrey Phillips

Whether we think about some of the original corporations (like those that governed the tea trade in India and England) or more modern corporations like the US automobile companies or banks, the prevailing wisdom has been to grow large and use size, mass and reach to defeat other competitors.

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50 what-if questions to reimagine the future

Board of Innovation

What if you were charged a fee for delivering a bad customer experience? What if you owned your own bank? Think at Transferwise borderless bank account: it can be opened online everywhere in the world, accepts payments in every currency and charges none or very small fees regardless of the currency or your location.

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Why do innovation programs fail

hackerearth

It is definitely not a failure of a single product, acquisition, or bad campaign. Banking on a single program. Banking on just your innovation center or R&D is like having one customer who contributes 100% of your revenue. Absence of an exclusive team. Number of proofs of concepts or prototypes built. Product expert.