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The Stories We Tell Determine The Change We Can Achieve

Digital Tonto

Change always begins with a grievance. Clearly, more emotionally-laden content, such as a policy issue or a business strategy is going to spark vigorous debates. Yet if we truly care about change, we need to hold ourselves accountable to be effective messengers. The stories we tell are important.

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What Is Corporate Social Innovation? Understanding the New Driver of Change

IdeaScale

Times have changed. In layman terms, not only is the goal something that creates a positive change in society, but it is about how you achieve the goal too. Change Your Corporate Mission. All the leading companies are now in the process of changing their corporate mission. This includes both processes and policies.

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Thank Heavens for Leaders who can Change their Minds

Destination Innovation

Why do we find it so hard to change our minds? Why are we so critical of people who do change their minds? But on the rare occasions when political leaders change their minds they are accused in the media of flip-flopping, of doing a ‘U-turn’ or of lacking conviction. They redoubled their efforts to build a case against him.

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4 Things That I Learned About Change From The Orange Revolution

Digital Tonto

After 80 years of communism and then 10 more under kleptocratic rule, few thought change was possible. The Orange Revolution in 2004 changed that. When leaders set out to pursue change we must do it in ways that allow others to adopt in ways that reinforce, rather than undermine, their identity. Change Isn’t About Persuasion.

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

Climate change is here. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course? What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course? What will be needed on the corporate policy and governance side to drive this?

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Employers Making Strides To Improve Workplace Mental Health

Business and Tech

As workplace stress continues to rise, some employers are making changes to increase benefits that promote self-care, wellbeing, and life-work balance. With the ‘great resignation,’ many employers realized big changes needed to be made to increase worker retention and overall mental satisfaction while on the job.”.

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Policy by waivers won’t boost school innovation

Christensen Institute

Until regulators create frameworks where innovation in pursuit of student outcomes is the default and doesn’t require permission, don’t expect a sea change. Until regulators create frameworks where innovation in pursuit of student outcomes is the default and doesn’t require permission, don’t expect a sea change.